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Syria and Iraq have been destroyed, says Holy Land's top Catholic cleric

Archbishop Pizzaballa said 'wars and the way of force have not been able to bring peace and justice'

Associated Press

Vatican court finds three El Salvador priests guilty of child abuse

One of the priests, Mgr Jesus Delgado, was a close associate of Blessed Oscar Romero

Associated Press

Pope Francis eats with homeless on 80th birthday

Francis received 70,000 emails wishing him many happy returns

Associated Press

Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/12/16

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

Thank God for our priests

last week the vatican issued a revised version of its “fundamentals of priestly formation”, which guide the training of clergy around the wo...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣  pope defends amoris as ‘a result of two synods’ what happened? pope francis has said that everything in amoris laetitia resulted fro...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online santa versus arius: a myth we need to drop at the national catholic register, steven greydanus took...

Scholars ask bishops to back ‘four cardinals’

twenty-three catholic scholars and pastors, three of them oxford university academics, have given their names to a statement in support of “...

Pope: make more room for God at Christmas

the christmas tree and nativity scene are symbols of god’s love and hope, reminding us to contemplate the beauty of creation and welcome t...

Church bombed during clashes in Burma

a catholic church has been bombed in the conflict-torn northern shan state as renewed fighting intensified between the burmese military and ...