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Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/09/16

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

Practical governance was not my forte, says Benedict XVI

In a book-length interview Benedict XVI says he was 'more of a professor' while Francis was a 'man of practical reform'

The big story of the past seven days

✣   mother teresa is proclaimed a saint what happened? applause erupted in st peter’s square as pope francis canonised mother teresa on...

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✣   highlights from the week online officials 'rejected' saint mother teresa was “rejected” by the northern irish church hierarchy, acc...

Norfolk convent nearly doubles its numbers

a norfolk convent has welcomed five prospective sisters, almost doubling its numbers. the additions to the daughters of divine charity bring...

Pope hails new saint as a model of mercy

pope francis hailed mother teresa as a “tireless worker of mercy” as he proclaimed her a saint on sunday. despite the formality of the occas...

Massacre survivor: we live or die with our poor

the only sister to have survived a terrorist attack on a missionaries of charity-run care home in yemen in march has given her testimony to ...

Religious vow to stay in South Sudan

a group of catholic missionaries are choosing to stay in south sudan even after most foreign aid workers have left. the exodus began after s...