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Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/10/18

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

Monegasque princess removed from British line of succession for becoming Catholic

Catholics are still barred from succeeding to the British throne

Catholic News Agency

When will McCarrick finally speak?

The US Church needs transparency, and the disgraced archbishop must explain himself

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Ex-FBI agents to help investigate cardinals on abuse and corruption

A new watchdog, Better Church Governance, plans to produce a dossier on all the cardinal electors

For Austrian cardinal, female deacons an 'open question'

The cardinal said he would 'perhaps one day' ordain women deacons

Anian Christoph Wimmer/CNA

Chaput: Youth synod depends on faith, not sentimentality

The Church is not well served by 'an overdose of sentiment, accommodation, and sociology', Chaput said

Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/10/18

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

The long read: Patrick Leigh Fermor and the monks of the west

The author could never shake off the allure of religion

The revival of Ember Days

There's a renewed interest in the days of fasting in response to the abuse crisis

Michael Warren Davis

What did Benedict XVI’s leaked letters tell us?

The Pope Emeritus acknowledged publicly for the first time that his resignation dismayed his friends

Fr Raymond de Souza