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Kentucky bishop suspends priests devoted to Traditional Latin Mass
new york – a small religious community dedicated to the traditional latin mass in the diocese of covington, kentucky, that once had aspirati...
John Lavenburg
German diocese under prominent progressive bishop sees no annual ordinations for first time in 200 years
the diocese under the tenure of the president of the german bishops’ conference and its s ynodaler weg – german synodal way – has ordained n...
Tom Colsy
Vatican court overturns priest’s acquittal in landmark seminary sexual abuse case
rome – a vatican court has overturned the acquittal of a priest accused of sexually abusing a fellow student at the vatican’s st. pius x pre...
Elise Allen
EXCLUSIVE: Calls for 'urgent' inquiry into amendments to legalise late-term abortion in UK
the uk government is being called to launch an urgent inquiry after the medical director of one of the uk’s largest abortion providers repor...
The Catholic Herald
FEATURE: 'The Last Priests and Nuns in Ireland' – a missed opportunity to move beyond the same old tropes
i get a knot of anxiety in my stomach when i hear news of another documentary about religion or, rather, about catholicism in ireland. it is...
Dualta Roughneen
Rome’s Chief Rabbi expresses 'great disappointment' with Vatican's stance on Gaza
rome – having already warned of “many steps backward” in catholic-jewish relations as a result of contrasting reactions to israel’s war with...
Crux Staff
The Michaela Community School ‘prayer ban’: facing the awkward realities of a multicultural society
the michaela community school in wembley, north london is, by many metrics, a success story. but right now the school and its erudite headte...
Johannes McLaren
Survivors of Nigerian Christmas Eve massacre still sheltering at Catholic church
none of the perpetrators of a deadly set of coordinated attacks on dozens of christian communities in nigeria’s plateau state have been held...
Amy Balog
Is the Pope after an ‘Assisi on the Tiber’ to promote his spiritual vision
mikhail gorbachev once declared that while he remained an atheist, he had to admit that soviet communism had never produced anyone quite lik...
John L Allen
Pope urges Vatican press corps to resist sinking to ‘commercial media’ standards
rome – in a rare session with members of the vatican press corps, pope francis thanked journalists for their work, urging them to base their...
Elise Allen
Could the benefits of married Catholic clergy outweigh the costs?
once in a while the spectre - as it is often made out to be - of allowing married priests to be ordained into the catholic church rears its ...
Fr David Palmer
Pope urges Catholics to pick up a Bible against social media ‘barrage’
rome – pope francis has urged believers to go beyond the “barrage” of words in the social media era and to allow themselves to be transforme...
Elise Allen
Police continue to intimidate Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for 'thinking' outside abortion centre
the police force in birmingham has again interrogated isabel vaughan-spruce about what goes on inside her head outside an abortion centre.&n...
The Catholic Herald
God Save the (agnostic) King! But can the monarchy survive a non-religious future 'Defender of the Faith'?
when henry viii decided to solve his dynastic succession problem by sacking the pope, he had to put aside the somewhat inconvenien...
Gavin Ashenden
'Computer Says No': Mr Bates vs the Post Office
artificial intelligence is nosing its way into every aspect of our lives, perhaps nowhere more significantly than in the workplace. as with ...
Ferdie Rous
Pray for England: A modest proposal
a recent survey showed that about half of the population in england had no religious faith at all. even many of those who claimed to be chri...
anenglishlayman
Dutch cardinal could get papal successor boost after response to ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
rome – this week voters in the new hampshire primary will head to the polls, taking part in what has long been the premier proving ground in...
John L Allen
Chant and sensory overload: Visiting Mount Athos
unlike many who visit athos, my trip was not planned months or years in advance, but instead came about when a friend invited me to join him...
Will Edwards
Is being a nurse a ‘calling’ and does that explain current problems with British nursing?
i felt called to nursing. or you could even call it a vocation, though it preceded my conversion to christianity and catholicism. i fear, th...
rogerwatson
On Pilgrimage With: Peter Stanford
where would you go? i was fortunate, a few years ago, to pay a very brief visit to lalibela. i was on a work trip as a journalis...
Peter Stanford
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