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Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/01/11

Pope Benedict XVI greets mothers and babies during a visit to the Rome Gemelli hospital (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

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Today’s Catholic must-reads: 05/01/11

Pope Benedict XVI gives his blessing during his weekly general audience today. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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The ordinariate is happening, at an unprecedented pace

Three former Anglican bishops were received into full communion with the Catholic Church at Westminster Cathedral (Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk)

The speed of the operation is possible because of the Pope’s personal knowledge of those involved

Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/01/11

A worker seals boxes of documents after a Mass in 2007 marking the conclusion of the initial phase of the Cause of Pope John Paul II in the Basilica of St John Lateran (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

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

My neighbour’s miserable Christmas

Hearing about her experience I made an instant resolution

The Pope’s Thought for the Day was simple and profound

But not, perhaps, controversial enough for John Humphrys

More reasons to hope for a step change in the Vatican’s episcopal appointments policy

According to the US columnist John Allen, Pope Benedict XVI will soon have named 21 of the 25 most senior officials in the Church (Photo: PA)

The bishops’ conferences could soon be beginning to look very different

Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/12/10

The cover of the Italian version of Light of the World, pictured during a press conference at the Vatican on November 23 (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/12/10

Pope Benedict XVI exchanges Christmas greetings with members of the Curia in the Regia Hall yesterday (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

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

G K Chesterton, saint of the blogosphere

George Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Belloc and G K Chesterton at a London debate (Photo: PA)

He loved debate and controversy but at the same time managed to remain magnanimous to his enemy