Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/07/16
There is “definitely a continuity” between Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has said in a wide-ranging new interview (original German text). The bishops of Eastern Africa have...
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Pope Francis has said that Fr Jacques Hamel is a martyr at a Mass in his memory at the Vatican (full video). Aid to the Church in need will offer seminarians scholarships in honour of Fr Hamel. Only 14...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 21/03/17
The Vatican will ask SSPX leaders to sign a formal declaration on doctrinal issues, Archbishop Guido Pozzo has told Die Tagespost (German text, Rorate Caeli). Benedict XVI is “is in good shape” as he...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 13/04/17
Benedict XVI will not intervene in the Amoris Laetitia debate, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has said (Rome Reports). The Pope has called for compassion for prisoners in a new interview with La Repubblica...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 17/04/17
Benedict XVI will mark his 90th birthday “in Bavarian style” today, according to Archbishop Georg Gänswein (Regis Martin, Fr Raymond de Souza). God chose the Palm Sunday martyrs “to be ambassadors in...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 16/06/17
Benedict XVI regards Pope Francis as “a true witness to the Lord”, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has said. Pope Francis has called corruption a “form of blasphemy” in the preface to a new book. Archbishop...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 18/10/17
Rumours that Benedict XVI is near death are “false and wrong”, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has said. A hundred theologians and bishops have sent a message of support to Pope Francis (website, Paul...
View ArticleArchbishop Gänswein denies rumours Benedict XVI close to death
Archbishop Georg Ganswein has rejected rumours Benedict XVI is close to death. The former Pontiff’s personal secretary said a quote circulating on social media, attributed to Archbishop Ganswein, is a...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 04/12/17
Advent invites us to live in “a full and conscious way”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The Vatican has officially promulgated Pope Francis’s letter to Buenos Aires...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 17/04/18
The Maronite bishops have issued a new handbook aiming to quell online doctrinal disputes. Europe’s Catholics should be more concerned about empty churches than debates about the remarried or...
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