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What happens when celebrities walk to Rome
last year, in the bbc two series the road to santiago, a group of celebrities walked the famous camino pilgrimage across spain from biarritz...
Mary Kenny
'People are fascinated by the baffling aspects of Christian belief': an interview with Sir James MacMillan
in a few days’ time, as has become its custom, the concert venue of st john’s smith square in london will revert to something like its origi...
Michael White
Henry VIII: a very English villain
i’ve gained a new perspective on the reformation from watching the bbc’s 1970 serial the six wives of henry viii. thanks to a mix of classic...
Tim Stanley
The satirist who illuminated the strange world of the 1970s
one of the handicaps of old age is the loss, one by one, of those few commentators and journalists to whom one has long looked for guidance ...
Richard Ingrams
Archbishop Gregory: the Jimmy Carter of the US Church
during his 14 years as archbishop of atlanta, wilton gregory – appointed the new archbishop of washington on april 4 – would certainly have ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The Church's life-and-death struggle with Santa Muerte
to the great consternation of the church, over the past 17 years veneration of a mexican folk saint that personifies death has become the fa...
Kate Kingsbury and Andrew Chesnut
Diary: After the 'whisky priest', here's the G&T priest
they say he is responsible for a surge in church attendance and sales of marks & spencer canned g&t (up by 24 per cent since he pull...
Cristina Odone
A new amnesty could protect St Oscar Romero's killers
it is almost 30 years since el salvador’s civil war ended, but the aftermath of the conflict continues to divide opinion. witness the recent...
Miguel Cullen
Even after the Apuron verdict, there's still a transparency problem
the case of the former guam archbishop anthony apuron is now closed. nearly 10 years after allegations of abuse of minors surfaced against t...
Christopher R. Altieri
Archbishop Gregory is a natural choice - up to a point
archbishop wilton gregory is not cardinal joseph tobin. for that reason alone, many conservative-minded catholics will be relieved to learn ...
Michael Warren Davis
Ten years after inspiring England, St Thérèse is coming to Scotland
the serious business of church renewal will gather pace in scotland later this year when the relics of st thérèse of lisieux visit the count...
Simon Caldwell
How religious weddings went out of fashion in Britain
the number of religious weddings in england and wales has hit the lowest level on record, the latest figures have revealed. according to dat...
Fr Alistair Jones, OP
The Pope's latest picks face a near-impossible task
pope francis has made several appointments over the past few weeks, some of them of a very high profile. one is the nomination for santiago ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World News: From Chile to Chad
washington, dc students vote for pornography ban students at the catholic university of america have voted to ban pornographic websites from...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"we are making progress and i’m very hopeful" british foreign secretary jeremy hunt on talks with pakistan over asia bibi’s releas...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: A blessing for 50,000 bikers
it's motorbike season, and you’d better not start your engine without a blessing. a huge ceremony took place on sunday in poland at the shri...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Maternal love, post-Christian Britain, catechising children
the stations of the cross and a stillbirth at carrots for michaelmas, haley stewart meditated on the stations of the cross – particularly on...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Confessions, rosaries and Jeremy Irons
apart from the obvious – holy thursday, good friday and easter liturgies, and good friday fasting and abstinence – there are many ways to ma...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Doctors resign in row over assisted suicide
what happened? three members of britain’s royal college of physicians have resigned their positions after the organisation changed its stanc...
Staff writers
The big story: Archbishop Gregory appointed to Washington
what happened? archbishop wilton gregory of atlanta has been appointed as archbishop of washington, dc. he succeeds cardinal donald wue...
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