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Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/01/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

The poem that sums up the selflessness of the English martyrs

Blessed Thomas Belson was only 23 when he wrote of his imprisonment. Three years later, he was dead

Francis Phillips

Turkish bishop says Catholics are 'afraid of coming to Mass' after terror attacks

Bishop Tierrablanca said police had stepped up security at churches since last year's coup attempt

Jonathan Luxmoore

Ten stories to watch in 2017

last year proved beyond all doubt that journalists are terrible at predicting the future. few commentators foresaw brexit, the emergence of ...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣  francis orders inquiry into order of malta row what happened? pope francis has ordered an inquiry after a controversy broke out at t...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online how sherlock holmes deduced the afterlife at the national catholic register, sherlock holmes fan da...

Poll reveals ‘most spiritual’ parts of Britain

a poll for the times has found that the midlands and wales are the “most spiritual” parts of britain. only 31 per cent of respondents in the...

Prince: persecution of Christians overlooked

prince charles has said that the scale of anti-christian persecution is “not widely appreciated” and that for many people in the middle east...

Kidnapped priest in desperate appeal to Pope

a video has emerged of salesian fr tom uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped by terrorists last year, in which the priest appeals for his release. t...

China tells bishops: follow socialism, not Rome

a leading chinese politician has told the country’s catholics to promote socialism and keep their distance from rome. speaking after a meeti...