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Overlooked: Chinese president visits Rome, but not the Pope
what happened? xi jinping has completed his trip to rome – without visiting its best-known resident. the chinese president came to the itali...
Staff writers
The big story: Immigration official claims Christianity is violent
what happened? the british government has distanced itself from an official letter which claimed that christianity is a violent religion. th...
Staff writers
The past two conclaves have been swift, but don't expect the next one to be
we did not have to wait long after the conclave of 2005 for an authoritative account of the voting behind the sistine chapel’s sealed doors....
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The tiny college that shows how to save US higher education
america’s radiating college-cheating scandal – wealthy parents allegedly bribed athletic coaches to admit their unathletic kids to elite ins...
Sohrab Ahmari
Dear Fr Rutler: Is it sacrilege to let children 'play Mass'?
dear father rutler, my sister is a very pious, traditional catholic. however, she refuses to break her fast on sunday and major saints’ days...
Fr George Rutler
How to celebrate without getting a hangover
we don’t know how to celebrate things as they’re meant to be celebrated. we want to, but mostly we don’t know how. generally we celebrate ba...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The fine line between fasting and dieting
if you are one of those radio listeners who find the bbc’s today programme boring, there is always nick ferrari’s lbc phone-in show in the m...
Andrew M Brown
Heretic of the week: Ignaz von Döllinger
ignaz von döllinger (1799-1890) was one of the 19th century’s best-known catholic historians – at least for the first part of his career. bo...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0585
cryptic across 5 african country where a carp repelled an intrusive horse (5) 6 descendant of ephraim’s incitement to wavering liverpool fan...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, march 24: third sunday of lent ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; ps 103; 1 cor 10:1-6, 10-12; lk 13:1-9 monday,...
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How to … Say the Angelus
in his description of “a short way to perfection” – the simple everyday ways to advance in holiness – blessed john henry newman mentions: “s...
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Keep Fridays meat-free – but alligator is fine
last week i concluded with the latin adage, plenus venter non studet libenter (“a full stomach doesn’t willingly apply itself to study”). re...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
A blunt challenge from St Paul
third sunday of lent ex 3:1-8 & 13-15; 1 cor 10:1-6 & 10-12; lk 13:1-9 (year c) on this third sunday of lent the encounter of moses ...
Bishop David McGough
An elusive painting, even after 500 pages
this is not just a painting by bernard lahire, translated by helen morrison, polity, 450pp, £30/$45 helen morrison has undoubtedly done engl...
Matt Thorne
The corruption of medicine
can medicine be cured? by seamus o’mahony, head of zeus, 256pp, £20/$22 even jeff bezos is going to die some time. so are we all, actually. ...
Thelma Lovell
Why art-house cinema can't escape the Bible
believing in film by mark le fanu, ib tauris, 368pp, £60/$78 film critics live in the dark, often literally underground – in basement screen...
Sebastian Cody
A painting worth pondering in Lent
in 1424, the 23-year-old florentine artist masaccio was commissioned to paint frescoes in the brancacci chapel. as one enters this chapel, t...
Michele Bregande
When a Protestant powerhouse turned to Catholic music
dresden, 1650. the thirty years’ war, officially over for only two years, hadn’t just decimated the population of saxony – which, technicall...
Jens F Laurson
Letters & emails
francis was quite clear on 'diversity' sir – the comments made by pope francis in his dubai statement about god willing a diversity of relig...
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