Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/08/10
Kenyan Church leaders are preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of the mysterious death of American Mill Hill missionary Fr John Kaiser. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the new prefect of the Congregation for...
View ArticleProminent pro-life priest is recalled to his diocese
Fr Frank Pavone, one of America’s most visible and vocal opponents of abortion, has been suspended from active ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, over financial questions about his...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 15/09/11
Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide has denied that he mishandled a clerical abuse allegation brought by the leader of the Traditional Anglican Communion. Bishop Bernard Fellay has told Rorate Caeli...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 16/09/11
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, has criticised the UN for promoting the “totally unacceptable” concept of “safe abortion” (full text). Fr Frank...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 26/09/11
Cardinal Angelo Amato beatified five nuns murdered in Bosnia during the Second World War at a ceremony in Sarajevo on Saturday. Aides to Benedict XVI have dismissed reports in the Italian media that...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 07/10/11
The funeral Mass of Archbishop Philip Hannan, a giant of the post-war American Church, took place in New Orleans yesterday. La Croix reports that the Holy See will publish the full Doctrinal Preamble...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 14/10/11
Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, has said that the Church is continuing to investigate a number of alleged miracles attributed to Blessed Pope John Paul...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 29/06/12
Pope Benedict conferred the pallium on 43 metropolitan archbishops in a revised rite in St Peter’s Basilica this morning (full text of homily, video). Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi was unable to...
View ArticlePro-lifers cannot win the debate by bargaining over the lives of the unborn
Nellie Gray, founder of the largest pro-life event in the US, the annual Washington March for Life, died on August 14, aged 88. Although I knew about the March for Life I confess that I had never heard...
View ArticleToday’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...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 17/01/14
Political leaders must “improve the humanitarian situation” in Gaza, members of the Holy Land Coordination have said. Jihadists have beheaded a Syrian Christian they identified by a cross around his...
View ArticleWoman’s suicide a symbol of ‘culture of death’ in US, say campaigners
Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon’s assisted suicide law, ended her life on November 1....
View ArticleCardinal to have ‘nothing further to do’ with Priests for Life as row goes...
Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he wants “nothing further to do” with Priests for Life, which has its headquarters on Staten Island in the Archdiocese of New York. Cardinal Dolan said he had been asked by...
View ArticleAbortion industry is ‘imploding’ says US priest, following drop in abortions
An American priest has attributed a drop in the abortion rate to the ‘implosion’ of the abortion industry. An Associated Press (AP) survey of abortion in the United States has revealed that the number...
View ArticleNuns could face ‘frightening’ $70m-a-year fine in birth control case
The Little Sisters of the Poor will be fined $70 million every year if they lose their Supreme Court case on birth control, according to their communications director. Sister Constance Veit told Fox...
View ArticleRemembering pro-life heroes
The pro-life movement is an area where those of faith and no faith are increasingly coming together to campaign for the sanctity and dignity of human life. It can therefore provide a bridge between...
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