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Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/09/18

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

Why Catholics should see the Met's 'Heavenly Bodies' exhibition

The exhibition shows the folly of trying to remove religious references from contemporary culture

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

If Chinese communists can now appoint bishops, why can't faithful Catholics?

The China deal raises serious questions over who exactly should be appointing prelates

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Did Pope Francis call himself 'the devil?'

A Papal joke has caused a stir on social media

Catholic News Agency

In signing the China deal, the Vatican is taking an enormous risk

The regime has a record of breaking promises and disregarding agreements.

Benedict Rogers

Vatican and China sign ‘provisional agreement’ on bishops

The Vatican said the deal would 'contribute positively to the life of the Church in China'

Who wants to be a bishop - after McCarrick?

The Vatican is struggling to regain control of major American dioceses

Michael Warren Davis

The Benedict XVI speech that everyone missed

'The crisis of the Church is at its core a crisis of the clergy'

Fr Raymond de Souza

Newspaper 'republished old news' on abuse, Dutch bishops say

Recent media reports 'give the impression cases from decades ago have only just occurred', a spokeswoman said

Jonathan Luxmoore

Dolan 'impatient' waiting for apostolic visitation in response to McCarrick

US bishops have asked for a Vatican investigation, but the Pope has so far not committed

Catholic News Agency