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Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/12/16

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

Pope Francis creates commission to investigate Order of Malta crisis

The order's grand chancellor was fired for reportedly not stopping aid workers from distributing condoms

Associated Press

The Marie Stopes inquiry confirms it: our abortion laws are failing women

The failures of Marie Stopes only illustrate wider problems in the abortion industry

Peter D Williams

How do we feed a million children a day? Only by the grace of God

Our continuing work is testament to the great graces of mercy we have received during this year

Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow

In brief

vatican dicastery to look at just war theory cardinal peter turkson has told reporters that the new vatican dicastery for justice, peace and...

Bomb attack on Coptic church kills 24 worshippers

isis has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a church in cairo that killed 24 christians. the terrorist group named the bomber a...

Libby Purves: Is my crib hobby getting out of hand?

the other day, in a brief, frivolous chunnel-hop to lille christmas market, i tried to reclaim a mental map of what was my home town in the ...

Oh, Boris! But actually, he was spot on

when my children were under the age of five, there was a book we enjoyed reading called oh, boris! it was the story of a large, enthusiastic...

Jenny McCartney

Mary Kenny: The Nativity story in a child’s face

in the first week of december, i received a christmas gift which will have given me more joy than any material object i can imagine: a photo...

Comments of the Week

the attacks on pope francis are reminiscent of the pharisees testing jesus sir – the wolves are circling around pope francis. a quick search...

The Catholic Herald