Twelve quick thoughts on Pope Francis dropping his long-expected bomb on the traditional latin Mass – Catholic Herald

1) In his motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis says St. John Paul II’s indults were only meant to heal the

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Vatican economy council meets in person to discuss investment policy – Catholic Herald

Vatican City, Jul 15, 2021 / 09:00 am. Members of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy met in person on

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The English team, he says, is the “enemy of truth, beauty, and goodness” – Catholic Herald

Yes, someone said that. And not a crank either, or at least not the angry living-in-his-mother’s-basement crank you meet on

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The patron saint of footballers … is an Italian – Catholic Herald

Ten years ago, reporting that the Vatican had named St Luigi Scrosoppi as the patron saint of footballers, the Catholic

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EU Parliament calls for legal action against Hungary over controversial LGBT law – Catholic Herald

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution calling for legal action in response to a new law in Hungry

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Southern African Bishops call for restraint, dialogue in Eswatini – Catholic Herald

Bishops in southern Africa are calling for “restraint and a spirit of meaningful dialogue” in the Kingdom of Eswatini as

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Maria Goretti’s silence was tragic, not heroic, and not a model for us – Catholic Herald

One of the more uncomfortable homilies I can remember included a paean to the “heroic silence” of St Maria Goretti

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The Vatican will have an even tougher time recruiting top talent after scattershot indictments – Catholic Herald

Charles Collins of Crux says the Vatican’s management of the affair has something of the TV sitcom about it  The Vatican spun the

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Free the Latin Mass, for the good of the Church and the people who need her – Catholic Herald

Apparently they never give up. Some bishops want “to see the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite explicitly suppressed, or

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Pope Francis health update: Seven days in hospital after partial colon removal – Catholic Herald

Pope Francis is “in good general condition, vigilant, and breathing on his own,” after surgery for diverticular stenosis that “involved

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