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June 28, 2022

Scottish Catholics had to wait for nearly 30 years after their coreligionists in England and Wales for the restoration of their own hierarchy of diocesan bishops. It was not until the late 1860s that Rome decided that something definitive must be done about the state of the Church in Scotland. Writing in the journal Recusant

Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/04/18

April 24, 2018

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

There’s more to Edgardo Mortara’s story than one controversial event

February 08, 2018

Mortara's memoirs can teach us about openness to grace - whether or not Pius IX was right to remove him from his parents

Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/01/18

January 25, 2018

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Pope Francis greets children at centre for the blind

April 01, 2017

Holy Father continues 'Mercy Friday' visits after Year of Mercy

Mark Rylance to play Pope Pius IX in new Spielberg film

April 13, 2016

Filming of The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara will begin this summer

The saint who was stabbed in the cheek

October 16, 2014

St Anthony founded the Claretians

Pope Francis appoints new English bishop

November 09, 2013

Successor to Bishop Christopher Budd of Plymouth named

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