Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/06/12
Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass attended by a million people yesterday at the end of the Seventh World Meeting of Families in Milan (full text, video). On Saturday, Pope Benedict addressed...
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The 50th International Eucharistic Congress began with an open-air Mass in Dublin yesterday attended by some 20,000 people (opening address by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, homily of Cardinal Marc...
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At yesterday’s Angelus Benedict XVI said he was deeply shocked by the “senseless violence” at the cinema in Denver last Friday. Married couples should discuss their problems regularly with “utmost...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 26/07/12
Archbishop Gerhard Müller, the new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has said it is vital “to overcome ideological differences” in the Church among both “so-called...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 31/07/12
There are fears that violence in Syria will force the Pope Benedict to cancel his September trip to Lebanon, Rome Reports has said (video). Two foreigners who survived the crash that killed Cuban...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 15/10/12
Catholics should “ask the Lord what more can we do, especially for the poor, the lonely, the sick and the suffering“, Benedict XVI said in his Angelus address yesterday (video). The education minister...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 26/11/12
Benedict XVI urged six newly created cardinals not to be “allured by the worldly logic of power” at a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica yesterday (video). After the Mass, the Pope used his Angelus address to...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 10/12/12
St John the Baptist shows us how to experience Christmas not only “as an outward party, but as the feast of the Son of God who came to bring peace, life and true joy“, Benedict XVI said at the Angelus...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 19/12/12
A proposed new law on abortion in Ireland will “pave the way for the direct and intentional killing of unborn children“, four Irish archbishops said yesterday (full text). Christians are the largest...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 26/03/13
The Vatican has released the full text of the meditations for the Way of the Cross that the Pope will lead at the Colosseum on Good Friday. Pope Francis has no current plans to move into the Apostolic...
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Pope Francis condemned “the illegal trade in arms” and called for “an immediate end” to violence in Syria in his Angelus address yesterday (full text, full video). The Pope has confirmed that he will...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 04/11/13
“Jesus is merciful and never grows tired of forgiving,” Francis said at the Angelus yesterday (full video). All Saints and All Souls are “days of hope“, the Pope said as he celebrated Mass at Rome’s...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 20/01/14
“Even lorryfuls of sin can be forgiven,” Francis said as he visited Sacro Cuore Basilica in Rome yesterday (John Allen, full video). The Pope urged migrants and refugees not to “lose hope for a better...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 22/01/14
“Scandal” is the only word for the divisions among Christians, Pope Francis said at his general audience this morning (video). The Holy See has sent a delegation to the peace talks on Syria that began...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 20/03/14
It is “premature to make any forecast” about what the synod of bishops will decide on Communion for the remarried, Cardinal Seán O’Malley has said. The situation in Crimea is “the most difficult...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 31/03/14
We must recognise and overcome our “moments of interior blindness“, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, video). Ettore Gotti Tedeschi may take legal action against the Vatican bank...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 20/06/14
Catholics must shun “the false bread that deludes and corrupts“, Pope Francis said as he celebrated Corpus Christi yesterday (full text, short video, full video). The Pope strongly opposed the...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 25/06/14
Catholics must “persevere in the fellowship of the Church“, Pope Francis said today at his last general audience before the summer break (short video, full video). Armed robbers have shot dead a nun in...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 16/07/14
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has joined 23 British religious leaders in condemning a Bill to legalise assisted suicide (full text). Buddhist nationalists will seek to disrupt the Pope’s visit to Sri Lanka...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 21/07/14
Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus that he is close to Christians who were “stripped of everything” when Islamists forced them to flee Mosul this weekend (full video). Sunni militants driving out...
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