The damaged interior of Holy Family Syrian Catholic Church after an early morning car bomb attack in Kirkuk (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
A car bomb wounded 15 people outside a Syrian Catholic church in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, today.
American Cardinal Daniel DiNardo has criticised the federal government’s decision to require that all health insurance plans cover contraception and sterilisation with only a narrowly defined “religious exemption”.
The New Yorker reports that after the successful Bin Laden raid US vice-president Joseph Biden told his colleagues in the Situation Room: “We should all go to Mass tonight.”
Dylan Parry predicts that the Pope will name St John of Avila a Doctor of the Church later this month at World Youth Day in Madrid.
Sandro Magister argues that attacks on Benedict XVI “have suddenly picked up steam again”.
Thomas Shakely offers a “digital strategy” for America’s Catholic dioceses.
And Manish Pandey says that the Catholic faith was central to the life of Formula One champion Ayrton Senna.
Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/08/11
A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
By Luke Coppen on Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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Ayrton Senna, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Doctor of the Church, Dylan Parry, Formula One, Iraq, Joseph Biden, Manish Pandey, New Yorker, Osama Bin Laden, Rio de Janeiro, Sandro Magister, St John of Ávila, Syrian Catholic Church, Thomas Shakely, WYD 2011, WYD 2013Share
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And Manish Pandey says that the Catholic faith was central to the life of Formula One champion Ayrton Senna.