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Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/05/19

the amazon synod will “probably” call for married priests, german bishop franz-josef bode has predicted. the pope has sent cardinal konrad k...
Luke Coppen

Has Pope Francis just ruled out women deacons?

pope francis waded into a major church controversy on tuesday when he spoke to the question of ordaining women to the diaconate. while he di...
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope names relator general and special secretaries for Amazon synod

pope francis has chosen brazil's cardinal claudio hummes to serve as relator general of october's synod of bishops on the amazon. the nomina...
Catholic News Service

Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight press conference from North Macedonia

please read below for cna's full transcript of the pope's may 7 in-flight press conference from skopje, north macedonia to rome: alessandro ...
Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis: No plans for female deacons, but study continues

pope francis said tuesday that the vatican commission exploring the possibility of female deacons continues its study, but does not have any...
Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/05/19

the vatican commission on women deacons did not reach agreement , pope francis has said ( full text ). the pope has praised the late jean va...
Luke Coppen

Jean Vanier taught my family about becoming human and becoming holy

when we met my son max in 2011, my wife and i knew nothing about down’s syndrome. we knew only that we had adopted a beautiful baby boy, jus...
JD Flynn

A luminous example of the Gospel: in memory of Jean Vanier

jean vanier, the canadian catholic philosopher and humanitarian who died on tuesday aged 90, was a giant of a man. well over six feet tall, ...
Sohrab Ahmari

How one Catholic's loneliness found expression in poetry

in her new biography of the poet elizabeth jennings (1926-2001), dana greene asks: “how did this woman, against extraordinary odds of psycho...
Francis Phillips

Film on Austrian priest killed by Nazis gets Iowa world premiere

the film "otto neururer: hope through darkness," based on the life of the first austrian priest killed in a nazi concentration camp, had its...
Catholic News Service