St Ambrose – the man who invented silent reading
St Ambrose, whose feast we celebrated yesterday, is one of the great saints of the Western Church; he is one of the two Western doctors holding up the Chair in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, along with St...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 04/06/12
Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass attended by a million people yesterday at the end of the Seventh World Meeting of Families in Milan (full text, video). On Saturday, Pope Benedict addressed...
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View ArticlePontiff: Ten Commandments are a signpost to freedom
The Ten Commandments are not a limitation, but a pathway to freedom, Pope Francis said in a video message broadcast to thousands gathered in Milan’s Cathedral Square earlier this week. The crowd were...
View ArticleRemember the faces of the poor and hungry, Pope urges Expo visitors
People need to stop destroying the planet and instead find ways to safeguard it and share its resources, particularly to feed the hungry, Pope Francis has told officials from around the world. In a...
View ArticleDivorced and remarried are now asking for Communion, says senior Milan official
Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, has begun to change attitudes to Communion in the archdiocese of Milan, according to a senior official. In an article for the Milan archdiocese...
View ArticleVatican funds job-creation project for refugees in Jordan
The Vatican is funding a job-creation programme for Iraqi refugees in Jordan, a country that is hosting close to 1.5 million refugees, but is struggling to provide work for them. With $150,000 donated...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 17/10/16
Pope Francis canonised seven new saints in St Peter’s Square yesterday (full text, full video). Pope Francis will visit Milan on March 25 in “a sign of affection and esteem for the Ambrosian Church”. A...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 07/03/17
A conference hosted by Al-Azhar University could transform Christian-Muslim relations, participants have said (French report). Pope Francis will make a day-long pastoral visit to Milan on Saturday....
View ArticleSpread hope, preach Christ and don’t worry about numbers, says Pope
Visiting Milan, the centre of Italian fashion and finance, Pope Francis spent the morning with the poor and those who minister to them. He had lunch at the city’s historic San Vittore prison, where all...
View ArticlePope asks children to promise Jesus they will never be bullies
Pope Francis asked 45,000 children preparing for confirmation to promise Jesus they would never engage in bullying. Turning stern during a lively and laughter-filled encounter on March 25, Pope Francis...
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