The Rosminian order must face up to its past: what happened in Tanzania was a...
After much hesitation, I feel I must comment on the one story that is causing great distress in the Catholic world this morning, namely last night’s television programme on BBC One, Abused: Breaking...
View ArticleMy brief guide to travel books: the boring, the narrow-minded and the brilliant
Travel writing never has quite made it into the pantheon of literature, has it? I mean, who were the great travel writers of the 19th century? Generally writers who were famous in other genres as well....
View ArticleZanzibar bishop says his priests are terrified after murder
Zanzibar’s bishop has said priests and other clergy in his diocese are terrified after a priest was murdered outside his parish church in what is seen by many as a terrorist attack. “We are very...
View ArticlePriest injured in latest acid attack in Zanzibar
A priest has been hospitalised on the island of Zanzibar after acid was thrown at him, police said. The attack on September 13 left Father Joseph Mwaganbwa with injuries to his face, chest, thighs and...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 11/03/14
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of Seoul has said he hopes Francis’s visit in August “will bring reconciliation and peace to the Korean Peninsula“. Orthodox patriarchs have agreed to hold their first...
View ArticleChurch calls for Burundi election to be postponed
The Catholic bishops of Burundi have called for the country’s elections in June to be postponed as violence broke out on the streets of the capital. Church leaders in Burundi have said that they will...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 15/02/18
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami has offered prayers for victims of the “senseless” school shooting in Florida. Tanzania’s bishops have urged president John Magufuli to uphold human rights. Archbishop...
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