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Why won't the Orthodox pray with Francis in Bulgaria?
on may 5, pope francis begins a three-day trip to bulgaria. he will pray with members of the country’s catholic minority (who number around ...
Fr Mark Drew
As their freedoms disappear, how long can Hong Kong's Christians hold out?
on march 30, hundreds of hong kong christians prayed on a way of the cross march for nine activists facing jail after calling for democracy....
Benedict Rogers
Merton remains unignorable - and not because of his love affair
thomas merton looms large in the catholic imagination as the quintessentially post-vatican ii spiritual writer. that should tell us all we n...
Michael Warren Davis
A surprise resignation won't resolve Steubenville's tensions
the president of franciscan university of steubenville tendered his resignation on friday april 5, prompting a search for a new leader for a...
Jordan Bloom
The east London tower block with daily Adoration
every friday night an international group of sisters who live on the 13th floor of an east london tower block open their doors for a communi...
Bernadette Kehoe
The 'Year of the Word' will remind us of Benedict XVI's wisdom
in september, the bishops of england and wales will unveil a programme of events to mark the “year of the word”, to which 2020 will be dedic...
Simon Caldwell
Why has the global response to abuse been so sluggish?
the crisis of leadership in the catholic church resulting from the exposure of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up is protracted, pandemic an...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: From Managua to Mujiaping
steubenville, ohio president of franciscan university resigns fr sean sheridan has unexpectedly resigned as president of franciscan universi...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"she will be leaving in weeks" pakistan prime minister imran khan on asia bibi bbc interview "the sign of peace, reduced in catholic masses ...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Yes, encyclicals are getting longer
catholics sometimes wonder whether papal encyclicals have got rather long in recent decades. now a researcher has confirmed the trend. sharo...
Staff writers
The best of the web: art patrons, proselytism and Catholic colleges
the decline – and return? – of patronage “for centuries,” wrote benjamin sutton at the art market website artsy, “the catholic church was on...
Staff writers
The week ahead: A blessing, a gentleman, a pro-life opportunity
on easter morning at 10am rome time, pope francis will give the annual blessing “urbi et orbi” (“to the city and the world”). a plenary indu...
Staff writers
The big story: Benedict XVI offers history lesson on abuse
what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has published a 6,000-word essay on the abuse crisis, tracing its historical roots and arguing tha...
Staff writers
What's more astonishing than the Big Bang? Ask the man who proposed it
on easter sunday, we contemplate with wonder the empty tomb, and the circumstances of the resurrection transport us all the way back to gene...
Fr Julian Large
Our own Good Friday
when the romans designed crucifixion as their means of capital punishment, they had more in mind than simply putting someone to death. they ...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The unredeemed universe of Game of Thrones
to those not of a squeamish nature and who don’t mind the occasional beheading or people being eaten by their own dogs, this sunday sees the...
Ed West
Heretic of the week: Philip Melanchthon
philip melanchthon (1497-1560) was born philip schwartzerdt at bretten; his father was armourer to the local lord; his mother was a niece of...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0588
cryptic across 5 paul’s relative shredding of union cards (10) 7 minerva’s equivalent article another included to make a point (6) 8 mark is...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, april 14 : palm sunday of the passion of the lord lk 19:28-40; is 50:4-7; ps 22; phil 2:6-11; lk...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Observe Tenebrae
tenebrae is a passiontide service now rarely observed in the catholic church. tenebrae is the latin for “darkness” and the ceremony involved...
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