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The abuse summit begins amid turmoil in Rome
the eyes of the world were already going to be on rome this week, where some of the most senior church leaders have gathered for a four-day ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news
covington, kentucky catholic students exonerated of racist behaviour an independent report into the encounter between students from covingto...
Staff writers
Week in review
the big story of the past seven days ✣ pope recognises second newman miracle what happened? blessed john henry newman will soon be canonised...
Staff writers
How do we make sure there are no more McCarricks?
the vatican has delivered its final verdict on the former cardinal archbishop of washington, theodore mccarrick. last saturday, it announced...
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February 22, 2019
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Why I feel grateful
as a vowed, religious celibate i’m very conscious that today celibacy, whether lived out in a religious commitment or in other circumstances...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
We can still observe the lost season of Septuagesima
like it or not, christmas has left us. in the ordinary form of the latin rite we must make do with the first bout of ordinary time (a name b...
Charles Coulombe
Heretics of the week: The Fox sisters
leah, margaret and catherine fox were three siblings resident in upstate new york in the 1840s. by 1848, leah had married and moved to roche...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0580
cryptic across 5 cavort with miners gathering around a place in galilee (9) 8 certain trouble when i dropped greek, for example (6) 9 alliga...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, february 17 : sixth sunday in ordinary time jer 17:5-8; ps 1; 1 cor 15:12, 16-20; lk 6:17, 20-26...
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How to … Find a spiritual director
the saints strongly recommend finding a spiritual director: it is hard to guide oneself in the spiritual life. sometimes it may be impossibl...
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What does Septuagesima mean?
easter falls late this year because of the vagaries of the moon. but easter will come, and before it our serious penitential “fortieth” seas...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Only faith can make us fulfilled: a reflection on this Sunday's readings
sixth sunday of the year jer 17:5-8; 1 cor 15:12 & 16-20; lk 6:17 & 20-26 (year c) "happy indeed is the man who follows not the coun...
Bishop David McGough
How the apostles read the Jewish scriptures
when christians were jews by paula fredriksen yale, 250pp, £19.99/$27.50 how did a group of 1st-century jews, the followers of a recently cr...
Stav Sherez
Why bedtime stories are good for your health
the enchanted hour by meghan cox gurdon piatkus, 304pp, £13.99/$26.99 my earliest memory is of my mother laying a rug over our kitchen table...
Cristina Odone
A message from the Coptic Martyrs on the value of faith
the 21: a journey into the land of coptic martyrs by martin mosebach (translated by alta l. price) plough, 272pp, £19/$26 this book introduc...
Jack Carrigan
It's satisfying enough, but true Agatha Christie fans should avoid The ABC Murders
despite the evident distaste of possibly the most celebrated mystery novelists of the past 80 years (pd james and georges simenon), there ca...
Carl Curtis
Mesmerising and eloquent: The Barbican's Seven Last Words of Christ reviewed
composers have always been wary of writing operas on the life of christ; and passion narratives aside, they haven’t exactly rushed to make i...
Michael White
The benefits of teaching children meditative prayer
we would probably all agree that silence is a rare commodity in most lives today. for a young person, it might only be encountered during an...
Maria Young
Letters & emails
completing the circle of the reformation sir – the most recurrent themes in your columns are those questions regarding married priests, celi...
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