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IS THE CANONIZATION OF PAUL VI A DESIRE TO REVIVE A MESSAGE?‍

With the Holy See shortly set to announce the canonization of Pope Paul VI, this two-part series  explores the phenomenon of recent popes being canonized. Some popes who have made their mark on history, like Leo XIII, the pope of Rerumnovarum, Benedict XV, the pope of the Great War, or Piu

BISHOP LAMENTS AMERICAN CATHOLICS’ LACK OF ‘MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS’ ON RACE

American Catholics have “shown a lack of moral consciousness on the issue of race,” Bishop George Murry told attendees at the 2018 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. While he believes America has made progress on the issue of race relations, he said that “recent events in our country have questioned exactly how far we’ve come.” Speaking on February 4 to more than 500 Catholic […]

THE ROW SHAKING THE POLISH CHURCH

When an eminent Polish Dominican wrote a scathing attack on his country’s government and Church in month of January, it brought to a head long simmering frustrations. The occasion for Fr Ludwik Wisniewski’s on slaught, in the weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, was the publication of new data confirming a decline in Mass attendance in this staunchly Catholic country. But it gained a political edge by coinciding with criticisms of […]

HONG KONG CATHOLICS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE WORLD: STOP THE POSSIBLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA AND THE HOLY SEE

“An irreversible and regrettable mistake”: this is how a group of Catholic personalities in Hong Kong and in the world defines the possible agreement between China and the Holy See on bishops’ nominations, reported by some media as “imminent.” In an open letter addressed to the bishops of the world they ask them to ask the Holy See to stop the agreement and […]

LOURDES RECOGNISES ITS 70TH MIRACLE AFTER FRENCH NUN INEXPLICABLY HEALED

The Marian sanctuary at Lourdes has recognised the sudden healing of a French Franciscan nun as the 70th confirmed miracle after she overcame decades of disability following a pilgrimage there. Sister Bernadette Moriau, 78, developed nerve damage at the base of her spine in the late 1960s, underwent four operations but gradually became an invalid by 1988. She had to take regular doses of morphine and wear […]

CHINESE BISHOP CONFIRMS VATICAN SACKED HIM IN BEIJING

Sacked Chinese Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian, who is at the centre of the latest storm around the Holy See’s controversial talks with China’s communist government, has broken his silence on being called in to Beijing by Vatican diplomats. The confirmation of the Vatican’s role in replacing two bishops originally appointed Rome, with two bishops who were appointed by the Communist Party controlled Catholic Patriotic Association including one who […]