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‘China is the best implementer of Catholic social doctrine,’ says Vatican bishop
February 06, 2018
The chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences praised the 'extraordinary' Communist state
Beijing paper praises Pope Francis’s ‘wisdom’ on Chinese bishops
February 06, 2018
The state-run Global Times said the Pope had made 'substantive concessions' to China
Cardinal Marx suggests Church should bless gay couples
February 04, 2018
German bishops’ conference president says blessing should be offered on case-by-case basis
Parents go to court to transfer terminally ill child to Vatican hospital
February 03, 2018
The case is drawing comparisons to that of Charlie Gard last year
Vatican and China ‘ready to sign deal on bishops’
February 02, 2018
A Vatican source says the deal would give the Holy See input on the appointment of future bishops
UK March for Life moves to London
February 01, 2018
The 2018 march will take place outside parliament on May 5
Saint of the week: Josephine Bakhita (February 8)
February 01, 2018
Sold into slavery Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947) became the first canonised saint from Africa since the fall of the Roman Empire. She was born in Darfur at Olgossa, where her uncle was the local chief. At nine, however, she was kidnapped, and sold into slavery. Completely traumatised, she forgot her name; her captors called her Bakhita,
First Dutch Dominican ordained in 20 years
February 01, 2018
Dominicans in the Netherlands are celebrating their first ordination in more than 20 years after a revival in vocations. Brother Richard Steenvoorde, ordained as a deacon at Blackfriars, Oxford, last month, is one of eight men to have entered formation since 2013, after a long period in which there were no new members. The vocations
Murdered bishop recognised as a martyr
February 01, 2018
Pope Francis has recognised 20 new martyrs, including a young Romanian woman who died resisting rape and a French bishop who worked for Christian-Muslim dialogue in Algeria. Seven Trappist monks and 11 other religious men and women killed by extremists in Algeria in the 1990s have also been recognised as martyrs. Veronica Antal was a
Council drops plan to ban pro-life vigils
February 01, 2018
A London council has admitted it does not have enough evid­ence to justify banning prayer vigils outside an abortion clinic. Southwark Council had voted unanimously in November to look into creating a “buffer zone” around the Blackfriars Medical Practice in Colombo Street, which cont­ains an abortion clinic run by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS).
In brief
February 01, 2018
Vatican stamp honours priest killed by mafia The Vatican has issued a stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of the martyrdom of an Italian priest. Blessed Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi was shot dead by hitmen in Sicily. He had been teaching children in his town to reject the mafia culture. Ireland lifts alcohol ban on Good Friday
Cardinal Parolin defends Vatican’s strategy in China
January 31, 2018
The cardinal said that if someone is 'asked to make a sacrifice', it is for the greater good
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