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Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/12/16

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

French National Assembly approves bill outlawing some pro-life websites

The Church has described the bill as a 'serious infringement of democratic principles'

Listen to God for guidance to build a better world, Pope tells students

Pope Francis also lamented 'brain drain' caused by bright students leaving poor countries

Catholic News Service

Anti-Christian violence is now too common to attract the headlines

A mob attacked Christian homes in Egypt merely because of a rumour that a church might be built

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Pope recognises martyrdom of American priest shot dead in Guatemala

Fr Stanley Rother is the first martyr to be born in the United States

Catholic News Service

A necessary apology

the rwandan genocide took place in 1994, more than two decades ago. some 800,000 tutsi and moderate hutu were murdered by hutu extremists. l...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   what happened? the cuban dictator fidel castro died at the age of 90. castro became an icon of revolution in 1959 when he and his s...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online in advent, look to the prayer of the church at charlotte was both, amy welborn suggested that durin...

New leader of Ukip is a pro-life Catholic

ukip has elected a pro-life catholic as its new leader. paul nuttall, mep for north west england, gained 62.6 per cent of party members’ vot...

Archbishop unveils app to help faithful find Mass

archbishop leo cushley has unveiled a gps-powered mass and confession finding app. the archbishop of st andrews and edinburgh announced the ...