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Archbishop Fisher: what paralysis taught me about euthanasia
before you say “he would say that, he’s a bishop,” please hear me out. when it comes to calls for euthanasia, i get it, i really do. a few y...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher
What Putin wants from the Pope
russian president vladimir putin must have been nervous. pope francis’s foreign policy has been agreeable to moscow. but ominous clouds were...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The booming monasteries that are running out of cells
among the most startling aspects of the post-vatican ii era of the catholic church has been the dramatic decline of vocations to the religio...
Jim Graves
Force of habit: Why men's religious orders have bounced back
forty years ago, many thought there was no future for men’s religious orders in britain. i remember someone confidently announcing, back in ...
Joanna Bogle
Diary: The Vatican is surprisingly good at cricket
i have spent the past several days in rome at the head of a rather wonderful cricket team, the stonyhurst gentlemen’s xi. the team is compri...
Stephen Withnell
The Patriarch who is trying to hold his country together
in an age when catholic leaders across the world are calling on governments to welcome migrants, patriarch bechara boutros al-rahi stands ou...
Bree Dail
Why on earth did Eritrea shut down Catholic health clinics?
the eritrean government has seized and shut down all the country’s catholic-run health centres in apparent retaliation for eritrea’s bishops...
James Jeffrey
The Che Guevara quote that incensed Miami's Catholics
new york mayor bill de blasio cribbed an infamous communist militant’s catchphrase during a speech to striking airline workers on thursday. ...
Michael Warren Davis
How do abortifacients affect mental health? We still don't know
women should be no more reluctant to terminate a pregnancy than they should be to have their wisdom teeth removed. that is the conclusion on...
Michael Warren Davis
Same-sex marriage and Catholic schools: the battle is just beginning
imagine being ritually flayed alive, scalded with boiling water, and having your blood drunk by a band of iroquois for the sake of the catho...
Jordan Bloom
'I ask our teachers to be very vigilant': Bishop Davies on sex education
damian hinds, the education secretary, last week finally offered some clarity about the government’s relationships and sex education guidanc...
Simon Caldwell
Cardinal Burke's week of controversy
cardinal raymond burke broke his silence last week regarding the unfortunate appearance of his name on a list of senior prelates who receive...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Peoria to Paris
indianapolis schools divided after archbishop marriage order an archdiocese has been riven by disputes over church teaching, after two schoo...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: No more collection plate excuses
the catholic community has created its own catholic match, bible apps and even confession preparation apps. now, it has a catholic venmo, re...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Ambiguity, Mr Catholic Boston and restoration
‘eloquent ambiguity’ in the catechism at crisis, fr george rutler remarked on the us bishops’ recent plenary meeting. the bishops discussed ...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Charleston Bicentenary, Messiah and pro-life rally
the us diocese of charleston is entering its bicentennial year with a service of vespers. the diocese was canonically erected by pope pius v...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Benedict reaffirms that Francis is Pope
what happened? tn a rare interview, pope emeritus benedict xvi has reaffirmed that “the pope is one; is francis.” in the interview, conducte...
Staff writers
The big story: Vatican – Chinese priests don't need to register with government
what happened? the vatican has given guarded support to chinese priests who refuse to register with the government. a new document says that...
Staff writers
The Vatican's guidelines may not be enough to save underground Catholics
last week the vatican made its most important intervention on china since it announced a “provisional agreement” with the communist authorit...
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July 5, 2019
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