Spanish archbishop to lead visitation of Legionaries’ lay movement
A Spanish archbishop, who was part of the Vatican-led investigation of the Legionaries of Christ, will be the apostolic visitor of the congregation’s lay movement, Regnum Christi. Archbishop Ricardo...
View ArticlePapal delegate tells Legionaries that reform will take years
The papally mandated reform of the Legionaries of Christ may take “two or three years or even more” and require the establishment of at least three commissions, the papal delegate overseeing the reform...
View ArticleThe superiors of the Legion of Christ are opposing change – why not sack the...
What is the point, after everything that has happened, of the continued existence of the Legion of Christ? I just can’t get a handle on it: perhaps my readers can explain to me what the great secret...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 11/11/10
Survivors of yesterday’s attacks on the Christian community in Baghdad are contacting western embassies in the hope of gaining asylum, reports the Guardian. Men dressed in military uniforms have killed...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 14/12/10
The Legionaries of Christ and its lay movement Regnum Christi have announced that they will no longer refer to their founder as “Nuestro Padre”, celebrate his birthday or display photographs of him in...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 20/06/11
Benedict XVI urged countries to give refugees a dignified welcome during his pastoral visit to San Marino yesterday (full text of homily in Serravalle stadium). The apostolic visitation of Regnum...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 19/10/11
God is the “star of hope” in our darkest hours, Benedict XVI said at his general audience this morning (video). The Pope has confirmed that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò will be the next Apostolic...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 21/10/11
Benedict XVI urged the Australian bishops to help priests “to welcome and to appreciate” the new English translation of the Mass in an address during their ad limina visit yesterday (video, full text)....
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 15/02/12
Jesus’s last words on the Cross should give us “a quiet confidence and a firm hope“, Benedict XVI said at this morning’s general audience (full text, video). New memos leaked to the Italian media today...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 12/10/12
Benedict XVI marked the 50th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s celebrated “speech to the moon” last night at the end of a candlelit procession from Castel Sant’Angelo to St Peter’s Square (full text and...
View ArticleDon’t be afraid to follow the Holy Spirit, Pope says at Pentecost Mass
Diversity is a blessing, but only when all Catholics recognise and follow Church teaching, Pope Francis has said. “It is the Church which brings Christ to me and me to Christ; parallel journeys are...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 30/05/13
The crisis in Syria will not be resolved by “a military intensification of the armed conflict“, the Holy See’s UN Observer Archbishop Silvano Tomasi has said. The Vatican will not be publishing the...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 29/10/15
Pope Francis will write an apostolic exhortation following the family synod, Cardinal Pietro Parolin has confirmed. The president of the World Jewish Congress has said the Pope told him that outright...
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