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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
US bishops call all parties to 'cessation of violence' as Biden backs Israel
new york – after an attack on israel by hamas and subsequent retaliation by israel has left more than more than 1,300 people dead and thousa...
John Lavenburg
Parolin calls for coexistence with Palestinians as Israel presses Vatican on 'ambiguities'
rome – on a day in which israel objected anew to efforts by christian leaders to be even-handed in their approach to the new war with hamas,...
Crux Staff
'To Hamas, death, not life, is the prize'
minus the hebrew and arabic street signs and the garish posters of local politicians, the sunny tree-lined streets of sderot could almost be...
Georgia L. Gilholy
James L Buckley 1923-2023: A great defender of life
former us senator james lane buckley died on august 18 at the age of 100. in 1970 he ran for the senate as a candidate for the conservative ...
The Catholic Herald
Catholic teacher could be banned from profession for refusing to teach extreme gender ideology
a catholic teacher could be barred from her profession for refusing to teach extreme gender ideology to pupils. glawdys leger, 43, was dismi...
Simon Caldwell
As Pope appeals for peace, Israel warns Vatican against false ‘parallelisms’
rome – a massive and deadly surprise offensive from hamas in recent days has prompted israel to declare war, drawing appeals from pope franc...
Elise Allen
Crucifix of priest executed after Gunpowder Plot now on display in UK convent
leicester, united kingdom – a crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after england’s notorious gunpowder plot is currently on disp...
Charles Collins
Eyeless in Gaza: are we overlooking the finer points of the Philistines?
reappraising a common insult. why is “philistine” a term of abuse? is it an ethnic slur? who is out there defending the rights of any remain...
Lucien de Guise
The Holy Land: Statement of the Patriarchs
the holy land, a place sacred to countless millions around the world, is currently mired in violence and suffering due to the prolonged poli...
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