Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/12/10
Benedict XVI said that the most precious gift one can offer the Virgin Mary is prayer as he marked the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at the Piazza di Spagna yesterday (full text). The United...
View ArticleBoston archdiocese opens Cause for Opus Dei priest
Archdiocese of Boston opens Cause for canonisation for Fr Joseph Muzquiz, one of the first Opus Dei members to begin apostolic activities in America
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 29/07/11
Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, the apostolic nuncio to Ireland, will shortly take up a new post in the Czech Republic, the Irish Times reports. A priest has apologised for likening Enda Kenny to Hitler...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 26/08/11
Cardinal Seán O’Malley has released a list of 134 priests and two deacons accused of abuse in Boston archdiocese “after serious and thoughtful consideration and prayer” (full text of cardinal’s open...
View ArticleCardinal calls for prayer for Boston Marathon bomb victims
After Monday’s bomb blasts in Boston that left at least three people dead and more than 140 people injured, the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Seán O’Malley has called on people to pray for the...
View ArticleCardinal O’Malley boycotts college ceremony in protest at Irish PM
Cardinal Seán O’Malley, the Archbishop of Boston, has said he plans to boycott Boston College’s commencement ceremony on Monday because Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is scheduled to speak at the...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 26/06/13
American law professor Mary Ann Glendon will be part of a high-powered commission overseeing the Vatican bank, it was announced this morning (PDF of full text). Cardinal Seán O’Malley has refused to...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 30/01/14
The Chinese government is still intent on “enslaving” the Catholic Church, despite hopes raised by Pope Francis’s election, Cardinal Joseph Zen has said. Rebels have looted a Catholic cathedral in...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 01/04/14
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta has apologised for spending $2.2 million (£1.3 million, €1.5 million) on a new residence (full text). Priests in the Italian diocese of Bergamo will give a month’s...
View ArticleChurch still stands ready to offer help to abuse victims, says bishop
The US church still stands ready to help the victims of clergy sexual abuse, according to Bishop Edward J Burns of Juneau, Alaska, chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Child and Youth Protection....
View ArticleParishioners hold last service after 11-year vigil at church marked for closure
For more than 11 years about 100 die-hard parishioners of St Frances X Cabrini Church kept their beloved parish open by maintaining a round-the-clock vigil in peaceful protest against the Archdiocese...
View ArticleBoston Archdiocese creates online database to help Catholics trace family...
Two of Boston’s most venerable institutions are teaming up to create an online database of hundreds of thousands of Catholic Church documents to help people trace their family histories. The New...
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