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Musings from Mongolia: Christmas in Ulaanbaatar with Cardinal Marengo's small but growing flock
rome – religion, like politics, is basically local. faith isn’t forged in the hqs of spiritual bureaucracies and their political battles, ho...
John L Allen
There came from the East: Learning of the wisdom of the Magi from Matthew’s account
no nativity play would be complete without the three kings, central characters in the tale of christ’s birth. almost as well known as the ch...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
On The Record: listening choices for Epiphany to stir the heart and soul
british composer judith bingham typically uses imaginative and poetic performance directions in her scores. for the anthem “epiphany”, the e...
Alex Hodgkinson
Strings attached: Bradley Cooper's take on Leonard Bernstein is a success
julia hamilton loves bradley cooper’s take on leonard bernstein. this is not just any old biopic. this is bradley cooper’s stunning take on ...
Julia Hamilton
Notes from the Holy Land: Epiphany in Bethlehem with the Franciscans (Part 1)
fr luke gregory ofm is a franciscan friar based in rhodes who journeys frequently to the holy land and is a director of the charity pro terr...
Luke Gregory OFM
How the Magi found truth in the Messiah, not astrology
looking to the skies. today, astrology is big business. yet despite its popularity, i don’t expect governments to start depicting astrologic...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf contemplates diaconate after conversion to Catholic faith
hollywood movie star shia labeouf is contemplating whether to become a deacon after his recent reception into the catholic church. the trans...
Simon Caldwell
Sudanese bishops plead for peace as fighting claims 12,000 lives in under a year
yaoundè, cameroon – as a deadly conflict continues to rage in sudan, catholic bishops both inside the country and in neighbouring south suda...
Ngala Chimtom
‘Deteriorating situation’: Persecution of Catholic Church in Nicaragua
new york – archbishop thomas wenski of miami has said nicaragua's dictatorship has gone “off the rails” with the latest round of arrests of ...
johnlavenburg
Strange bedfellows: Unlikely figures who rallied around the Traditional Latin Mass in the 60s and 70s
when the post-vatican ii liturgical reform was getting underway in 1966, and again when the reformed mass had been unveiled in 1971, petitio...
Joseph Shaw
'On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me'…The Star of Bethlehem and the Infant Christ
today, astrology is big business. in 2021, the global astrology market size was valued at $12.8 billion, and it is projected to grow to $22....
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Vatican issues ‘clarification’ on same-sex blessings amid Fiducia Supplicans backlash
rome – less than a month after issuing an instruction outlining the reasoning and method for giving non-liturgical blessings to same-sex cou...
Elise Allen
John Studzinski receives major Catholic award in New York
investment banker and philanthropist john studzinski received the faith & culture award from the catholic new east welfare association (...
The Catholic Herald
Texas bishops ‘celebrate’ court ruling blocking US government's requirement for abortions if 'stabilising treatment necessary'
new york – after a federal appeals court ruled 2 january that emergency room doctors in texas are not required to perform abortions, effecti...
johnlavenburg
Why would women want to be Catholic priests when they can be Saints instead
the leaders of the german synodal way decided to make waves in 2023 by leaving biblical theology and anthropology at the door and endorsing ...
Thomas Edwards
African bishops rebuke political leaders for 'multiple failures' across continent
yaoundè, cameroon – in offering hopes and prayers for a better 2024, the catholic bishops of africa delivered a largely searing judgment abo...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Fijian archbishop echoes Pope's warnings about dehumanising impact of Artificial Intelligence
the catholic church in fiji has called on fijians to be mindful of the potentially negative effects of artificial intelligence. archbishop p...
Crux Staff
Catholicism and the corrida: a response
the catholic church must sever its ties with bullfighting, argues fr terry martin. pope francis famously wrote in laudato si’ that “every ac...
Fr Terry Martin
‘On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me’…A Wassail Cup for a party
since the celebrations are still going on, the following beverage is drunk as part of the tradition of "wassailing", an ancient english yule...
The Catholic Herald
'England and The Papacy in the Early Middle Ages', by Benjamin Savill
england and the papacy in the early middle ages benjamin savill oxford university press, £83, 352 pages relations between england and the pa...
John Ritzema
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