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Damian Thompson
Catholics waited for strong leadership. It didn't come
on monday morning, the historian tim stanley tweeted out: “we note with regret that jesus christ has been nailed to a cross. our thoughts an...
What we lost when we lost the Sacred Heart
a hymn to the sacred heart should fill us with spiritual joy, but how we winced in my childhood parish when our old irish priest chose it. u...
Remembering the forgotten pope
we still don’t know much about john paul i, who was elected – and died – forty years ago forty years ago this week, cardinal albino luciani ...
The pope we lost: why we must not forget John Paul I
The smiling pope was patently holy and clever – but, if his pontificate had lasted, would he have faced the same problems as Pope Francis?
Well done to Bishop Vasa for banning 'Communion Services'
Lay-led services invite a parody of the Mass. Bishops must exercise discipline where necessary
Damian Thompson: The thin end of the wedge
a friend of mine texted me last week to say that she’d found a nice church round the corner from her office and had just “popped in for a lu...
Wild liturgy with the kitchen sink thrown in
what is a catholic to make of a “mass” in which the celebrant throws the host to the ground and smashes the communion chalice in fury? the a...
Can anything stop Catholic infighting?
Liturgical squabbles, doctrinal rows, vicious public spats: the Church is once again gripped by a 1970s-style factionalism
Can anything stop Catholic infighting?
my first parish priest was a little old man with pebble spectacles who looked like a gorgeously coloured beetle as he bent over the altar in...
Why the cappa magna makes people see red
For “progressive” Catholics, the cappa magna is – appropriately, you may think – like a red rag to a bull.
Damian Thompson: Why the cappa magna makes people see red
i blinked in surprise when i saw the photographs. on june 18, the archbishop of liverpool – a diocese associated with the drab vestments and...
It's 1978 all over again
Time magazine reporting of 1978 now looks both quaint and prescient. Then, as now, everything hangs on the choice of the next pope
It’s 1978 all over again
i was on my way to morning assembly when my friend smith called out: “oy, thompson, did you hear that the pope’s dead?” i knew most boys cou...
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