Luke Coppen, Author at Catholic Herald

Luke Coppen

March 01, 2019

Nicaragua’s bishops have called for prayers ahead of new talks between government and opposition leaders. Pope Francis has chosen an Italian Benedictine to lead his Lenten retreat. The Serbian Orthodox Church has refused to recognise the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is suing Princeton over ancient Byzantine manuscripts. Czech priest Tomáš

Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/02/19

February 28, 2019

New figures show there were 29 mob attacks on Indian Christians in January. Pope Francis will not visit Uganda in July, President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed. Massimo Faggioli says Cardinal Pell’s conviction is “a calamitous event for the Catholic Church”. John Allen suggests that “the people in the Vatican most inclined to welcome Pell’s conviction

Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/02/19

February 27, 2019

A new survey suggests there is “a striking variance” between Catholics attending Ordinary and Extraordinary Form Masses (Joseph Shaw, Steve Skojec). Cardinal Leonardo Sandri has laid the foundation stone of a Coptic Catholic Cathedral in Egypt. The Church is experiencing “a crisis of not following Jesus Christ”, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles has said.

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/02/19

February 26, 2019

Chinese authorities have reportedly blocked an app popular with underground Catholics. Brazil’s National Security Office has confirmed that its chief minister is concerned that the Amazon synod might touch on issues of “national sovereignty”. A Indian nun has said that a documentary’s victory at the Oscars is “good news for us who serve poor women

Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/02/19

February 25, 2019

The Church must “once again be absolutely credible and reliable”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). An Egyptian court has recommended the death penalty for two monks convicted of murdering a bishop John Allen, Rod Dreher, Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo, Rocco Palmo and Michael Sean Winters comment on the abuse

Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/02/19

February 22, 2019

Leaked documents have raised new questions about when the Vatican knew of allegations against Argentine Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta (Spanish report, Spanish documents). An Irish diocese has said it had no money to pay priests at Christmas because of a shortfall in collections. Pope Francis has dismissed a Brazilian priest from the clerical state (Spanish report).

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/02/19

February 21, 2019

Pope Francis has approved the Jesuits’ four priorities for the next decade. The Cause of Fr Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest in the US, has advanced. A doctor has said that studying the second miracle attributed to Blessed John Henry Newman moved him to tears. A cathedral in the Dutch city of Utrecht is

Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/02/19

February 19, 2019

Pope Francis is surrounded by people with a “courtier mentality”, Cardinal Gerhard Müller has told Der Spiegel. A French judge has refused to block a new film about the abuse crisis. The papal visit to Uganda is not yet confirmed, Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala has said. As many as 5,000 priests worldwide currently

Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/02/19

February 18, 2019

People are making “great profits” by offering “magical solutions to every problem”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). Pope Francis has reportedly lifted sanctions against liberation theologian Ernesto Cardenal (Italian report). Cardinal Robert Sarah is preparing to publish a new book on the “profound spiritual, moral and political crisis in the

Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/02/19

February 15, 2019

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has said that online trolls are being paid to attack him. Cardinal Blase Cupich has expressed confidence that this month’s safeguarding summit will result in “decisive action”. Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille has said he will propose two reforms at the summit. Cardinal Raymond Burke argues that the use of papal titles

Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/02/19

February 14, 2019

Pope Francis is said to have declined Nicolás Maduro’s invitation to mediate in Venezuela. French Catholics have reported 10 acts of desecration or vandalism in the first 11 days of February. The Church in Portugal has investigated “about a dozen allegations” of clerical abuse since 2001. Inés San Martín says the abuse crisis “continues to

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/02/19

February 13, 2019

Haiti’s bishops have declared that the country is “on the edge of the abyss”. A new book claims that “around 80 per cent of clerics working in the Roman Curia are gay”. The Pope has approved new norms for the Office of the General Auditor. Citizens of Geneva have backed a new law banning public

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