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India's Supreme Court rejects bail for nun held seven months without charge

india's supreme court rejected bail for a missionaries of charity nun arrested nearly seven months ago on suspicion of child trafficking. uc...
Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 31/01/19

asia bibi could leave pakistan “within days” . wikileaks has published a letter from pope francis concerning the order of malta ( full text ...
Luke Coppen

NY abortion law ends ‘common sense’ protection for pregnant women, Catholic Democrat says

a prominent catholic theologian and democrat has said that new pro-abortion legislation in new york diminishes legal protections for pregnan...
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Priest steps down from CDF following accusations of sexual harassment in confession

an austrian priest and theologian has resigned from his position at the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, amid charges that he mad...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/01/19

burmese cardinal charles bo has said that a dam project funded by china would “destroy our nation's destiny and dignity” . a missionary prie...
Luke Coppen

Priest denies Communion to pro-abortion Irish politician

a pro-choice irish legislator has been denied the reception of holy communion, after he announced that he had voted in favor of measures tha...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/01/19

pope francis has said that he is “terrified of a bloodbath” in venezuela ( full text ). sunday’s church bombing must not derail the peace pr...
Luke Coppen

A book that shows how unique and irreplaceable mothers are

i ended a previous blog discussing the cut out girl by bart van es, by quoting a letter written in 1942 by the mother of the young dutch jew...
Francis Phillips

Pope opposes making priestly celibacy optional, but is open to exceptions

pope francis has said he opposes making priestly celibacy optional, however he may consider allowing married men to be ordained priests in r...
Staff Reporter

Body of venerable teen exhumed, but too early to declare incorrupt

the body of venerable carlo acutis, an italian teenager and computer programmer, was exhumed this week according to canon law, as a part of ...
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