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Australian euthanasia bill rejected by a single vote

South Australian premier Jay Weatherill

The bill was defeated in the South Australian Parliament after a heated debate

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the weekly general audience in St Peter's Square (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope says Syria has become a ‘workshop of cruelty’

Pope Francis tells officials of Caritas Internationalis that the world needs a ‘revolution of tenderness’

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops (CNS)

Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/11/16

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

Pamphlets and prayer cards of Sister Blandina Segale sit on a table at the Catholic Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

US bishops approve Cause of nun who took on Billy the Kid

Sister Blandina Segale was one of four candidates whose Cause, opened earlier this year, was approved by bishops

South Australian premier Jay Weatherill

Australian euthanasia bill rejected by a single vote

The bill was defeated in the South Australian Parliament after a heated debate

Bishop Kevin Farrell (CNS)

Bishops need shared approach to Amoris Laetitia, new cardinal says

Cardinal-designate Kevin Farrell says pastoral guidelines for implementing Pope Francis’s exhortation should have been discussed at the US bishops’ autumn conference

Pope Francis (AP)

Put yourselves in the other person’s shoes before passing judgment, says Pope

Admonish sin without being a hypocrite, Pope Francis tells general audience

Protesters in Nairobi wear mock prison uniforms and stand behind a false prison to demand that corrupt government officials be jailed (CNS)

More must be done to stop corruption, say Kenyan bishops

Concern over corruption comes in the wake of a financial scandal involving the country’s Ministry of Health

Hundreds of thousands of people attend a rally in Seoul on November 12 (AP)

South Korean Catholics call for country’s president to step down

At least 10 dioceses have called for the president’s resignation

Iraqi Christians pray at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh for the first time in two years (AP)

US bishops urged to do more to help persecuted Christians

The bishops were advised to give more attention to attacks on the religious freedom of Christians

Anti-terrorism drills at a railway station in Paris (PA)

Islamist ‘hyper-extremism’ could destabilise the West’s social fabric, says major study

Aid to the Church in Need say one in five countries has experienced Islamist violence since mid-2014

Archbishop Michael Byrnes (CNS)

Guam’s new coadjutor archbishop ready for task ahead

Archbishop Michael Byrnes says his ‘first job is to listen’ and help bring about ‘healing to those who said they have been abused’

Pope Francis talks with Cuban President Raul Castro (CNS)

Cuba pardons 787 common prisoners at Pope’s request

The prisoners were selected according to the nature of their crimes and their behaviour while in prison

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St Margaret Mary was the first to receive visions of the Sacred Heart

In London, we saw the mystery of Christ’s love through the relics of the Sacred Heart saints

St Claude la Colombière and St Margaret Mary Alacoque helped us to pray for a renewed trust in God

The damaged Elephant and Obelisk statue (AP)

From Bernini’s elephant to our local parishes, we must keep the vandals at bay

Bernini’s 350-year-old elephant statue has been vandalised

A fresco in Narnia depicting Blessed Lucy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Brocadelli#/media/File:BeataLucy.jpg)

The real Blessed Lucy of Narnia was even more amazing than CS Lewis’s imagination

Today is the feast day of the actual Blessed Lucy of Narnia. It really, really is

Mgr Keith Newton at a Solemn Evensong in 2012 to celebrate the Ordinariate's first anniversary (mazur/catholicnews.org.uk)

The beauty of Ordinariate liturgy can help Anglicans embrace Catholicism

Liturgy and ecumenism go hand in hand, as Vatican II’s documents demonstrate

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Exit polls showed that up to 81 per cent of white Evangelicals voted for Trump (AP)

The meaning of Donald Trump

His breathtaking election victory has unleashed a dangerous new populism. But shrill denunciations are not the answer

The Wilton Diptych shows Richard II dedicating England to Our Lady as her dowry

How England took flesh

The nation has a glorious future if it rediscovers its identity as ‘the Dowry of Mary’

Pope Francis with Habsburg children in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican (Severin Meister)

The 21st-century Habsburg mission

What does it mean to be born into one of the most influential royal houses of Europe?

Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square for a general audience (AP)

Why hasn’t Pope Francis replied to the four cardinals’ letter?

The cardinals have asked Pope Francis for a yes-or-no answer on Communion. His silence is unsurprising

A Poor Clare Sister at prayer (AP)

The power of private revelations

A new book by Stephen Walford explores and illuminates the Communion of Saints

Pope Francis is greeted by faithful during an audience with the participants of homeless jubilee in the Paul VI Hall (L'Osservatore Romano/AP)

After an invitation to a Jubilee Mass, what next for the homeless?

The Pope’s poignant gesture reminds us that the causes of homelessness must be addressed

A Minnesota voter exits the polling booth on November 8 (AP)

Our ‘lesser of two evils’ politics has become unbearable

Many of us voted through gritted teeth. We need to invest our time and effort on building an alternative

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