Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/02/11
Benedict XVI and the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a “cordial” meeting at the Vatican yesterday (video). Bishop Christopher Budd of Plymouth will ordain the former Anglican bishop David Silk to...
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Christians are recognisable by their absolute trust in the heavenly Father, Benedict XVI said during the Angelus address yesterday. The Pope told members of the Pontifical Academy for Life on Saturday...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 22/03/11
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri has urged Catholics in the West not to ignore the plight of Christians in the Middle East (full text). Fr Peter Williams, executive secretary of the Australian bishops’ liturgy...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 17/06/11
The Personal Ordinariate in the United States is likely to consist of 100 ex-Anglican priests and 2,000 lay people, Cardinal Donald Wuerl told his fellow US bishops yesterday. The US bishops approved a...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 22/06/11
Benedict XVI dedicated his general audience this morning to the Book of Psalms (video). A Sister of the Daughters of Charity guillotined during the French Revolution for refusing to deny her faith was...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 20/07/11
Archbishop Charles Chaput visited the shrines of local saints St John Neumann and St Katharine Drexel, with his predecessor as Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal Justin Rigali, yesterday. George...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 07/11/11
Benedict XVI appealed for an end to violence in Nigeria that has claimed at least 65 lives in his Angelus address yesterday (video). Forbes magazine has named Pope Benedict the seventh most powerful...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 25/01/12
Benedict XVI has cited Blessed John Henry Newman in his Message for World Mission Sunday 2012, released this morning (full text in Italian). The Vatican news website, News.va, will soon be available in...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 04/09/12
Benedict XVI praised Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini’s “great openness of heart” in a message read at the cardinal’s funeral at a packed Milan cathedral yesterday (video). Hezbollah has said that it...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 08/01/13
Benedict XVI urged world leaders to address the growing gap “between those few who grow ever richer and the many who grow hopelessly poorer” in his annual address to diplomats yesterday (full text,...
View ArticleThe debate about beheadings exposes a double standard when it comes to abortion
When I heard that Facebook was allowing video clips of extreme violence – such as decapitation – I was shocked. Now, according to BBC News, Facebook has removed the offensive clip two days after...
View ArticleBeat ‘January blues’ by reaching out on Facebook, says bishop
People should tackle “January blues” by reaching out to others through Facebook and Twitter, a bishop has said. Bishop Richard Moth, who is the lead bishop for the bishops’ conference Mental Health...
View ArticleUS Catholics free to eat alligator this Lent
This Lent US Catholics are free to eat alligator after the support given last year by US bishops’ conference to the Archbishop of New Orleans, who said that it was permissible. Parishioner Jim Piculas...
View ArticleBishop Egan says uncharitable use of social media a ‘grave matter’
The Bishop of Portsmouth has asked Catholics to use Lent as a time to repent of sins committed on social media. Bishop Philip Egan described the uncharitable use of blogs, Facebook and Twitter as a...
View ArticleArchbishop offers ‘10 commandments’ for Catholics online
Archbishop Eamon Martin, Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, has released ’10 commandments’ for Catholics using the internet which include using “digital smiles”, “avoiding aggression” and accepting...
View ArticleCuts at Vatican Radio could leave the world’s poorest worse off
Under Francis, transparency, efficiency and austerity have become the new catchwords at the Vatican. The Pope has set up numerous secretariats and councils to oversee reform. They are focusing on the...
View ArticleWelcome to the revamped Catholic Herald website
The Wayback Machine is a terrific way of wasting time. The online archive claims to offer “a complete snapshot of all the web pages on every website since 1996”. Browsing primitive sites is a bit like...
View ArticleCardiff students vote against pro-abortion motion
The Catholic chaplain for Cardiff University has welcomed the defeat of a motion which would have made the student union officially pro-abortion. Following a vote last night at a student meeting, Fr...
View ArticleFacebook will turn you into Scrooge this Christmas
It’s only natural, as Christmas draws closer, to contemplate Christmases past. I remember that, as a child, I found Advent excruciatingly long and unbearably exciting. One of my most vivid memories of...
View ArticleGood Friday is a day to set all our gadgets aside
On Good Friday, in these times, we have to do more than fast from food in order to contemplate properly Our Lord’s agonising death. In the internet age, our iPhone might pose the greatest distraction....
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