Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/08/10
Benedict XVI asked Mary to intercede for peace in the world during yesterday’s feast of the Queenship of Mary (video). Bishop Richard Williamson has claimed that Pope Benedict is willing to allow the...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 22/11/10
Benedict XVI’s remarks on Aids and condoms in his book-length interview Light of the World (full excerpt and full text of Vatican clarification) have attracted comment from John Allen, Damian Thompson,...
View ArticleSSPX threatens to expel Williamson over extremist lawyer
The Society of St Pius X has threatened to expel traditionalist Bishop Richard Williamson if he retained an extremist lawyer with neo-Nazi ties to defend him in a German court. The head of the...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 23/11/10
Light of the World, the first book based on a face-to-face interview with a reigning pontiff, is released today (official blog). The Pope’s comments on condoms and Aids continue to provoke wide...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 20/10/11
The Vatican will release a major document on the reform of the global financial system, prepared by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, on Monday. Fr Fausto Tentorio was “courageous and...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 28/02/12
Fr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custodian of the Holy Land, has asked Israeli president Shimon Peres to take action to prevent attacks on Christian sites in the Holy Land. SSPX Bishop Richard...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 26/07/12
Archbishop Gerhard Müller, the new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has said it is vital “to overcome ideological differences” in the Church among both “so-called...
View ArticleSSPX expels Bishop Williamson
The Society of St Pius X has confirmed that it has expelled the English Bishop Richard Williamson. Bishop Williamson, 72, one of four men illicitly ordained in 1988 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 06/11/12
The new Coptic Pope Tawadros II has said he will oppose Egypt’s new constitution if it seeks to impose Islamic law. Miguel Diaz, the first Hispanic US ambassador to the Holy See, had a final audience...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 18/03/15
“A society can be judged by the way it treats its children,” Pope Francis said at the general audience this morning (full video). Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide has stepped down from a...
View ArticleBishop Williamson to consecrate a follower as bishop
Bishop Richard Williamson, who was expelled from the Society of St Pius X two years ago, is to consecrate one of his followers as a bishop. He is expected to consecrate Fr Jean-Michel Faure, 73, at a...
View ArticleBishop Williamson is excommunicated after illicitly ordaining a bishop
Bishop Richard Williamson has been automatically excommunicated along with the priest he illicitly ordained a bishop. Bishop Williamson violated Church law when he ordained Fr Jean-Michel Faure, 73, a...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 31/03/15
The Pope’s plan to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide is likely to rile Turkey, reports Inés San Martin. There was “too much talk” of radical curial reform at the start of Francis’s...
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