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Quotes of the week
"one of england’s great intellects being declared a saint is beyond a once-in-a-lifetime event" sir edward leigh press release from parliame...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: marathon nun and feathered headdresses
“i’m kind of an extreme person,” sister stephanie baliga says. the franciscan is about to run her tenth marathon. it’s a way to raise money ...
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The best of the web: de-transitioning, young pro-lifers, Catholic refugees
trans people who ‘seek to reverse the process’ many transgender people who have had surgery to “change their sex” are now seeking to reverse...
Staff writers
The week ahead: canonisation, rosaries, and a retreat
john henry newman will be canonised on sunday, october 13, during mass at the vatican attended by prince charles and a delegation of british...
Staff writers
Overlooked: 'Uncrowned king of Poland' to be beatified
what happened? the late polish cardinal stefan wyszyński will be beatified, after pope francis gave official vatican approval to a miracle b...
Staff writers
The big story: Amazon synod opens amid fierce debate
what happened? the amazon synod has begun at the vatican, with controversy from the very first moment. the synod, which aims to discuss the ...
Staff writers
St Thérèse, Newman and an extraordinary journey into the Church
one day ethel, the wife of alexander james grant, a scottish presbyterian pastor, left a newspaper in her husband’s office. it was a copy of...
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October 11, 2019
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Creating and holding space for our brokenness
some years ago i went on a weekend retreat given by a woman who made no secret about the fact that not being able to have children constitut...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Systems of oppression? We baldies know all about that
compare and contrast. on the one hand, you have the eternal verities contained in the bible – like the past two sundays’ mass readings, the ...
Andrew M Brown
Heretic of the week: Donatus
donatus (d 355) was bishop of casa nigrae in what is now algeria in the early years of the 4th century, when the persecution of christians u...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0613
cryptic across 5 arabs hate missile hits (11) 8 place in gilead’s a goal for leading actor’s comeback (8) 9 florida has a few of these from ...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, october 6 : 27th sunday in ordinary time hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4; ps 95; 2 tm 1:6-8, 13-14; lk 17:5-10...
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How to… Live like St Francis of Assisi
st francis of assisi, whose feast day is celebrated on october 4, is often remembered as one of the most christ-like of saints, a man who im...
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In the spiritual battle, what banner do we rally to?
there are cyclamen growing wild beneath the trees and the canopy of the forest begins to turn from deep green to burnished red and gold. it ...
Fr Dominic Allain
Go to Confession and hide nothing. I dare you
with a slight variation, this week’s collect, for the 27th ordinary sunday, was in the ancient gelasian sacramentary and in the post-trident...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
What to do when our old reassurances crumble
the 27th sunday of the year hab 1: 2-3 & 2: 2-4; 2 tim 1:6-8 & 13-14; lk 17:5-10 (year c) "how long, lord, am i to cry for help whil...
Bishop David McGough
How Ireland became a suburb of Hollywood
richard devane sj by martin walsh messenger publications, 176pp, £23/$24.50 for many irish people nowadays, flicking through the pages of ma...
Michael Duggan
Why 'wokeness' leaves no room for forgiveness
the madness of crowds by douglas murray bloomsbury continuum, 288pp, £20/$28 søren kierkegaard once wrote that “where there is a crowd, ther...
Jack Carrigan
Not just breakfast: How Tiffany revolutionised the stained-glass window
eternal light by catherine shotick d giles, 82pp, £20/$25 in the 19th century artistic movements attempted to revive styles associated with ...
James Baresel
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