Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/01/11
The head of the world’s first ordinariate for groups of ex-Anglicans has said that the ordinariate will not be an Anglican ghetto (transcript of his first press conference). Benedict XVI offered his...
View ArticleVatican praises Lancaster document on diaconate
A document on the diaconate, issued by Bishop Michael Campbell of Lancaster, has been praised by the Congregation for the Clergy. The Directory on the Permanent Diaconate was put together following a...
View ArticlePope’s cardinal advisers seek to involve laity in choosing bishops
The Council of Cardinals pondered a 'more systematic' way to involve lay people in appointments, a Vatican spokesman said
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 18/01/11
The head of the world’s first ordinariate for groups of ex-Anglicans has said that the ordinariate will not be an Anglican ghetto (transcript of his first press conference). Benedict XVI offered his...
View ArticleVatican praises Lancaster document on diaconate
A document on the diaconate, issued by Bishop Michael Campbell of Lancaster, has been praised by the Congregation for the Clergy. The Directory on the Permanent Diaconate was put together following a...
View ArticlePope’s cardinal advisers seek to involve laity in choosing bishops
Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals have discussed the possibility of allowing local bishops rather than the Vatican decide on whether permanent deacons may be permitted...
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