Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/03/16
Pope Francis will hear Confessions in St Peter’s Basilica tomorrow. L’Osservatore Romano has published a series of articles calling for women to preach at Mass. The Nigerian army has detained a...
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Demonstrations by Copts in America “stain the image of Egypt nationally and internationally”, Pope Tawadros II has said. The funeral of Fr Jacques Hamel will take place in Rouen cathedral today....
View ArticleVatican newspaper praises Star Trek for offering a model of peace
Honouring Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, the Vatican newspaper has said the overwhelmingly popular series gave the world a model of peace, tolerance and cooperation at a time of global tensions. The...
View ArticleVatican: arranging an abortion or attempting suicide are obstacles to ordination
The sacredness of human life is so absolute that performing or helping procure an abortion or attempting suicide is an obstacle to ordination as a Catholic priest, even if the man was not Catholic at...
View ArticleBenedict XVI: liturgy which points East expresses a desire for salvation
The Pope Emeritus has praised worship ad orientem in a book which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the election of Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew of Constantinople. In his book extract, the retired...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 03/01/17
Pope Francis will announce an “urgent prayer intention” on the first Sunday of the month in a change to his traditional monthly intentions. Iraqi Muslims expressed solidarity with Christians this...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 28/07/17
The European Union is doing “very little” to help Italy cope with the migrant crisis, L’Osservatore Romano has said (full Italian text). Regulators in the Philippines have backed a bishop’s claim that...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 02/10/17
Catholics can’t improve politics by “just looking and criticising the work of others from the balcony”, Pope Francis said during a pastoral visit to Cesena yesterday (full video). Maronite Patriarch...
View ArticleVatican newspaper finally critiques ‘The Young Pope’— one year after its release
The Vatican newspaper has broken a yearlong silence and weighed in on director Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Young Pope,” giving the television series generally positive reviews despite what it called the...
View ArticleTrump comments ‘harsh and offensive’, says Vatican newspaper
US President Donald Trump’s reported comments about immigrants from several countries were “harsh and offensive”, the Vatican’s newspaper has said. In its continuing coverage of the US immigration...
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