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Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/06/17

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

Vatican expresses 'grave concern' over missing Chinese bishop

Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was taken 'on a trip' by officials and prevented from assuming diocesan duties
Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/06/17

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

Clergy in Middle East must be the 'last among the least', says Pope

Francis urges priests and bishops to maintain 'evangelical closeness' to their flocks
Junno Arocho Esteves

Pope seeks to encourage Colombian reconciliation in forthcoming trip

The Pope will also celebrate Mass in Bogota's Simon Bolivar park that is expected to draw up to a million people
Associated Press

Vatican's Jacobite treasures go on display in Edinburgh museum

Artefacts are on loan to the Museum of Scotland for a new exhibition about Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites
Staff Reporter

San Francisco archbishop hailed as US Church's 'last progressive lion' dies aged 88

Archbishop John Quinn had called for major reforms to the Curia and College of Cardinals for the sake of Christian unity
Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/06/17

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

Dutch royals pick up 400-year-old family heirloom during Vatican visit

William of Orange's baton, lost during the 16th-century Dutch War of Independence, had been housed in a Jesuit convent in Spain
Mark Greaves

Why is Pope Francis staying away from Argentina?

By January next year, the Pope will have visited nearly every country in South America - apart from his homeland
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith