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The past year has lifted the morale of the priesthood

When Pope Benedict XVI announced that a Year of the Priesthood would be celebrated from June 17 2009 it seemed opportune; as we approach the end of the year there seems little doubt that the Holy...

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/03/11

Thousands of people greeted the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux on their arrival in Jerusalem yesterday. Caritas Japan is preparing to open an emergency centre to coordinate humanitarian operations in...

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Today’s Catholic must-reads: 06/04/11

Benedict XVI dedicated this morning’s general audience to St Thérèse of Lisieux, the French Doctor of the Church (video). A leading British astrophysicist has won this year’s Templeton Prize. A...

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Benedict XVI speaks about St Therese of Lisieux at general audience

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/04/11

Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Ivory Coast, has made an urgent appeal for humanitarian aid for the thousands displaced by fighting in the country. The Bishops’ Conference of England and...

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Ten Catholic women who changed the world

1. Phyllis Bowman On May 7 Britain lost arguably its most dynamic fighter for the unborn. Phyllis Bowman was a journalist on Fleet Street before she became involved in the parliamentary struggle for...

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/02/13

Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles has relieved his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of all public duties and removed an auxiliary bishop after files suggested they had discussed how to prevent...

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Can Catholics support capital punishment for terrorists?

I know this is a subject that is controversial, but I’ll raise it anyway. It was prompted by a post from someone called Kevin in response to my blog on Wednesday about abortion. Kevin says he doesn’t...

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Run away from sin and don’t look back, says Pope at morning Mass

We should run away from sin and not look back, Pope Francis said at Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, this morning. Reflecting on today’s first reading, which describes...

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/09/13

Ireland’s largest Catholic-owned hospital has agreed to perform abortions under a new law, reports the Irish Independent. Asia Bibi could “be killed very soon” unless she is released from a Pakistani...

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Do we really need to canonise our popes? Who counts more, St Francis, or the...

The Vatican has announced the date for the canonisation of the Blessed John XXIII and the Blessed John Paul II. Both Popes will be declared saints on Divine Mercy Sunday, the Sunday after Easter, 2014....

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Humility attract people to Church, Pope tells Council of Cardinals

As a series of consultations aimed at the reform of the Vatican bureaucracy began, Pope Francis told his group of cardinal advisers that humility and service attract people to the church, not power and...

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Why are Catholics so disobedient?

Catholic Cravings, a delightful blog by an Australian, Laura McAlister, which I sometimes read so as not to feel quite so old and jaded, lists “Five Short Ways to get to Heaven, according to the...

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Today’s Catholic must-reads: 05/02/14

“It is important that children be well prepared for First Communion and that every child make it,” Pope Francis said at the general audience this morning (full text, short video, full video). Pope...

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Saint John Paul II’s father is a role model for all men

Yesterday Father’s Day was celebrated. Often seen as a late-coming American appendage to Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday, it is nonetheless a very important day in its own right. This is particularly...

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Chesterton and St Thérèse were ‘soul twins’, says priest

The Catholic priest investigating GK Chesterton’s Cause for Canonisation has said that he recognises a “spiritual kinship” between the English writer and Catholic apologist and the namesake of his...

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If the Catholic blogosphere is to survive then our bloggers must become more...

Nearly five years ago, I started a Catholic blog that has been modestly successful. The high-point was when I was invited to the Vatican Blogmeet in May 2011. During those exhilarating days of...

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Today’s Catholic must-reads: 01/10/14

In “the Christian community everyone needs the other“, Francis said at his general audience today (short video, full video). The Pope has summoned Vatican ambassadors to a three-day meeting to discuss...

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Bishops call for French saint to be declared Doctor of the Church

The French bishops have given their backing to a campaign calling for St John Eudes to be declared a Doctor of the Church. The bishops voted in favour of the move at their plenary meeting in Lourdes,...

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Pope Francis and St Thérèse: a surprising devotion?

During the in-flight press conference from Sri Lanka to the Philippines, journalist Caroline Pigozzi gave Pope Francis a framed medallion bearing the image of St Thérèse of Lisieux. Pope Francis...

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