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Cardinal Pizzaballa: For Christians in Gaza, the great temptation is to look for a better future elsewhere
latin patriarch of jerusalem cardinal pierbattista pizzaballa, the highest representative of the catholic church in the holy land, happened ...
The Catholic Herald
Pope praises Saint Thérèse's emphasis on love over rigid interpretations of the faith
rome – pope francis has pointed to saint thérèse of lisieux as an authority on the so-called “hierarchy of truths” in a new document. to thi...
Elise Allen
Israel protests pope's language on Gaza, asks for 'unequivocal' condemnation of Hamas
rome – israel’s top diplomat has demanded that the vatican issue a “clear and unequivocal” condemnation of the terrorist attacks launched by...
Crux Staff
Conflict in Holy Land puts increasing strain on Israeli-Vatican relations
rome – wars, especially in the 21 st century, are fought on multiple levels. beyond what happens on the battlefield, there’s also the ...
John L Allen
On Pilgrimage With: Fra' Max Rumney, Grand Prior of England, Order of Malta
where would you go? easy: the order of malta has its annual pilgrimage to walsingham this month. for me, a pilgrimage involves our lady, and...
Fra Max Rumney
Synod on Synodality urged to condemn Hamas attacks in name of 'moral clarity'
rome – an official of the oldest jewish advocacy organization in the united states has called upon the ongoing synod on synodality in the va...
Crux Staff
What we can learn from Aaron Rosen's What Would Jesus See
seeing as jesus sees. for those of a certain age, it would be easy to misread the title of aaron rosen’s new book as “what would jesus do?” ...
Nick Ripatrazone
The problem (and danger) of knowing absolutely everything
the esoteric fifteenth century philosopher pico dell miranda, was so confident as a polymath that he wrote a treatise called de omni re scib...
Horace Gates
'Confused and confusing': Cardinal Zen talks to the Herald about his ongoing Synod concerns
rome – cardinal joseph zen ze-kiun, the former bishop of hong kong, has become seen in recent years as something of a confessor — one who ha...
Diana Montagna
Holy Land bishops dedicate Tuesday to fasting, abstinence and prayers for peace
the catholic bishops of the holy land have called for tuesday october 17 to be set aside for fasting, abstinence, and prayer for peace in th...
Tom Colsy
'The Church is Christ’s!': How to respond to the Synod on Synodality
when our holy father pope francis initiated the synod on synodality in october 2021, many gasped. others cheered. all were interested in dig...
Buchi Akpati
Israel's Vatican ambassador says Pope's comments on right to self-defence filled a 'vacuum'
rome – israel’s ambassador to the vatican has voiced appreciation for pope francis’s recent remarks regarding the catastrophic surprise atta...
Elise Allen
Interview with Piers Paul Read: 'Pope Francis unquestionably provides good copy'
piers paul read, the catholic novelist and historian, has just released his new one-volume book a history of the catholic church (whic...
Anthony McCarthy
Synod participants claim 'no polarisation', no plans to change doctrine on LGBT and women issues
rome – participants in pope francis’s ongoing synod of bishops on synodality said wednesday that church doctrine is not up for discussion on...
Elise Allen
Remembering Willi Graf: 80 years to the day
alexandra lloyd remembers willi graf and the white rose struggle against hitler, 80 years after his execution stadelheim prison, munich octo...
Alexandra Lloyd
God at the Proms: Three powerful performances in this year’s season
that this year’s proms were big on god and death was maybe nothing special: god and death are ever-present in the concert repert...
Michael White
Cardinal says Latin Mass devotees haven’t been ‘banished’ from the church
rome – asked about conservative catholics who feel they are not represented in the ongoing synod of bishops on synodality, specifically lati...
Elise Allen
'This was an Iranian attack on Israel carried out by Hamas'
on october 7 more jews were killed in a single day than at any time since the holocaust. to all the hamas apologists, i want you to thi...
Brooks P V Newmark
Irish-Americans head back to ‘the old sod’
fr michael collins sees pilgrimages to ireland of the descendants of potato famine emigrants. the view from galway out to sea is always...
Father Michael Collins
How a 19th century dancer became an architectural patroness extraordinaire and giant in English Catholic history
from good time girl to benefactress. yolande lyne stephens was born in paris in 1812, the daughter of jean-louis duvernay, a teacher of danc...
Michael Hodges
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