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Four German bishops opt out of controversial ‘Synodal Council’
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/03/19
March 19, 2019
French prosecutors have called for the apostolic nuncio’s immunity to be lifted. The Church in El Salvador has criticised a proposed amnesty. A senior Benedictine nun has called for women priests. A Jamaican archbishop has suggested that alleged misconduct by a bishop may have been the result of illness. Inés San Martín explores the “long
Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/03/19
March 18, 2019
Pope Francis held a moment of silent prayer for victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). Francis has asked aides to resume planning for a trip to South Sudan. The Holy See’s UN mission in New York has defended its working conditions. The Vatican has “no distrust or hostility
Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/03/19
March 15, 2019
More than 1,000 people are expected to become Catholics in England and Wales this Easter. The Church in Phnom Penh is preparing to baptise 154 adults. Clergy abused 625 children between 1990 and mid-2018, the Polish Church has reported. Germany’s bishops have agreed to a “binding synodal process” on abuse, celibacy and sexual morality. Rocco
Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/03/19
March 14, 2019
More than a third of US Catholics say the abuse crisis has prompted them to consider leaving the Church, according to a new Gallup poll. The Swiss Guards have launched a new website. Fr Thomas Reese SJ, Andrea Tornielli, Gianni Valente and Michael Sean Winters mark six years of Pope Francis. Inés San Martín suggests
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/03/19
March 13, 2019
Pope Francis will not meet Xi Jinping when the Chinese president visits Italy this month, Taiwan’s foreign ministry has said. Nuncio Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag has met political prisoners in Nicaragua. A Kenyan archbishop has denied claims that the Church accepts donations from corrupt politicians. A priest “credibly accused” of sexual misconduct has been shot
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/03/19
March 12, 2019
The results of an investigation into Bishop Michael Bransfield have been forwarded to the Vatican. Three more Filipino priests have said they have received death threats. The Archbishop of Lahore has said that “mobile phones are like having Satan stashed away in your pockets when you come to church” Fr Antonio Spadaro SJ says that
Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/03/19
March 11, 2019
Cardinal Sean O’Malley has announced a hotline for reporting misconduct by bishops in Boston archdiocese. The “interior life, faith in God [and] the certainty of His love” are remedies for temptation, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The sentencing of Cardinal George Pell will be broadcast live on television. Nine seminarians
Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/03/19
March 08, 2019
Cardinal Gerhard Müller has described critics of his “Manifesto of Faith” as “political strategists and theological ignoramuses”. Police have raided the offices of the Costa Rican bishops’ conference. Authorities in Gdańsk have ordered the permanent removal of a statue of a priest accused of abuse. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist are
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/03/19
March 07, 2019
The number of priests worldwide has declined for the first time since 2010, according to new Vatican statistics (Vatican bulletin). Cardinal Gerhard Müller has described Cardinal George Pell’s abuse conviction as “absolutely unbelievable”. Chilean Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati is being sued for allegedly covering up clerical sexual abuse of an adult. Massimo Faggioli explains why the
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/03/19
March 06, 2019
The diocesan stage of the Cause of Fr Jacques Hamel will be formally closed on Saturday, Le Parisien reports (French report). The new mayor of Gdansk has said that a statue of a Solidarity-era priest should not stand in a public place. A bishop has appealed to Saudi Arabia to grant clemency to a Filipino
Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/03/19
March 05, 2019
Pope Francis has appealed for “a new presence of Catholics” in Latin American politics. The Rome-Beijing agreement “will greatly help the Catholic Church” in China, Cardinal Fernando Filoni has said. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has accepted Kim Jong-un’s invitation to visit North Korea. Fr Michael Sweeney OP asks why the Church has come “to be
Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/03/19
March 04, 2019
A good person “draws good from his heart and from his mouth”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The Pope has sent a video message welcoming the opening of a new health centre in the Central African Republic. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi has said that a “diaconate for women would be possible”.
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