Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/04/11
Jesus Christ enables man to “attain the heights, becoming completely himself and completely like God”, the Pope said at Palm Sunday Mass yesterday (full text). Benedict XVI celebrated his 84th birthday...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 02/04/12
No one can avoid the question of who Jesus of Nazareth really is, Benedict XVI said in his Palm Sunday homily in St Peter’s Square yesterday (full text). The Cuban authorities have accepted Pope...
View ArticlePope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass
Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican this morning. Tens of thousands of pilgrims filled St Peter’s Square for the Mass, which marked the beginning of Holy Week. In his...
View Article‘The day I felt as if God was smiling down on me’
On Palm Sunday, just 11 days after the election of Pope Francis, and in the Year of Faith, I was baptised, confirmed and received into the Church in St Mary’s Cathedral, Rangoon, Burma, by Archbishop...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 14/04/14
During Holy Week we should ask ourselves “Who am I, before Jesus who suffers?” Pope Francis said in his Palm Sunday homily (full text, video). Blessed John Paul II will become the “great patron saint”...
View ArticleMAGNIFICAT: The week ahead
Now we are in Passiontide, and traditionally the crucifixes are veiled in our churches until the Good Friday liturgy. This is a reminder that “Jesus hid himself and left the Temple” (John 8:59, in the...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 30/03/15
The Pope recalled “the martyrs of our own time” as he celebrated Palm Sunday Mass yesterday (full text, full video). Francis prayed for victims of the Germanwings air crash during his Angelus address...
View ArticleVatican releases Pope’s Lenten schedule
The Vatican has released Pope Francis’ liturgical schedule for March and April, including Holy Week and Easter. The Pope’s schedule includes a penitential celebration and a consistory for several...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads 21/03/16
Pope Francis drew a parallel between the plight of refugees and the suffering of Jesus at Mass on Palm Sunday (full text, full video). US president Barack Obama was expected to meet Cardinal Jaime...
View ArticleInternational community must ‘assume responsibility’ for refugees, says Pope...
Too many countries and individuals want someone else to care for refugees fleeing violence and migrants seeking a better life, Pope Francis has said. Preaching about the story of Jesus’s passion and...
View Article‘We share in the pain and heartbreak’: bishops respond to Egypt church bombings
Catholic bishops have expressed their sorrow following two deadly blasts at churches in Egypt yesterday during Palm Sunday services. Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Bernard Longley and...
View ArticleArchbishop of Armagh calls for action on finding the bodies of the remaining...
The Archbishop of Armagh has appealed to anyone who has information about the individuals who disappeared during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, to come forward. During a Mass yesterday for families...
View ArticlePriest mourns deacon son killed in Egypt terrorist attacks
The priest of St George’s Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta, where a suicide bomber killed at least 27 people, says he lost his 23-year-old son, who was among six deacons killed in the...
View ArticleUS cardinal: children are crying at school because they fear their parents...
The president of the US bishops’ conference has said that children in Catholic schools spend their school days crying because they’re so anxious their parents will be deported, following Trump’s...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 26/03/18
“May Mary help us all to live Holy Week well,” Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The Pope said that “there are many ways to silence young people and make them invisible”...
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