Today’s Catholic must-reads: 17/10/12
Benedict XVI began a new cycle of catechesis devoted to the Creed at his general audience this morning (full text, video). The Pope is sending a delegation to Damascus to express solidarity with the...
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Benedict XVI canonised seven new saints on Sunday, including the first Native American saint, Kateri Tekakwitha (full text, video). Parts of Lourdes will reopen this morning after the shrine suffered...
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Classic Liberation Theology “is very archaic, if not already dead“, CELAM president Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes has said. Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo has urged Christians to “assume...
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Archbishop Joseph Tobin is considering his next step after Indiana Governor Mike Pence urged him not to resettle a Syrian refugee family. Police have arrested four alleged jihadists who made online...
View ArticleArchdiocese of Indianapolis resettles Syrian refugee family
The Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis in the US state of Indiana, has resettled a family of Syrian refugees despite opposition from the state’s governor, reports Reuters. Following two years of...
View ArticlePope Francis names 17 new cardinals
Pope Francis named 17 new cardinals Sunday from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Oceania. Thirteen of them are under 80 and thus eligible to vote in any conclave to elect his...
View ArticleWomen priests, politics and Communion: what the Pope’s new cardinals believe
Pope Francis has appointed 17 new cardinals, 13 of whom are young enough to vote in the next papal conclave. Such selections often say a lot about the Pope’s priorities. So what is known so far about...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 20/10/16
The Iraqi faithful have begun to celebrate the liberation of Qaraqosh, home to many Christians before it was captured by ISIS (facts). Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has made a “personal...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 09/11/16
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has been re-elected president of the Austrian bishops’ conference (German report). German Archbishop Ludwig Schick has reportedly received death threats after saying the...
View ArticleMy mother wanted you to be elected pope, new cardinal told Cardinal Bergoglio
Pope Francis’s surprise pick for cardinal, American Archbishop Joseph Tobin, has said the US Church has four difficult years ahead as it tries to welcome to migrants and refugees during a Donald Trump...
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