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Why the Soviet Union failed to eradicate religion
there is a very affecting scene at the end of turgenev’s mid-nineteenth century novel, fathers and sons, when bazarov, the resolute young at...
Francis Phillips
Chilean bishops' president names delegate to replace him at papal meeting
at the vatican summit to discuss sex abuse next month, the secretary general of the chilean bishops conference will take the place of the co...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis: Prayer is about God's love, not wordiness
when praying, remember the words of jesus when he taught the ‘our father,’ pope francis said wednesday, meeting god as his beloved child and...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/01/19
patriarch kirill has told patriarch bartholomew that if he recognises an independent ukrainian church he will “stop being the primate of the...
Luke Coppen
Why Taki’s views disgust me
Sohrab Ahmari argues that the veteran Greek playboy has ignorantly misrepresented the New York Times
Sohrab Ahmari
Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s views on abortion are still shrouded in mystery
on the monday of the second week of december, justice kavanaugh and chief justice roberts joined the liberals on the court in declining to t...
Jordan Bloom
Why Our Lord decided to come as a child
god, it seems, favours the powerless, the unnoticed, children, babies, outsiders, and refugees with no resources or place to go. that’s why ...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Remembering our many Epiphany traditions
one of the sad byproducts of the endless “holiday season” that stretches from halloween on (or, in recent years, even earlier – creating a w...
Charles Coulombe
Heretic of the week: Menno Simons
menno simons (1496-1561) was a catholic priest from friesland in what is now the netherlands, but in his time was ruled by spain. he was bo...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0574
cryptic across 7 feast of oxbridge colleges? (6,7) 8 mistress of the house takes in a bellicose spirit (4) 9 positioned one chap to the west...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, january 6: the epiphany of the lord is 60:1-6; ps 72; eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; mt 2:1-12 monday, january...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Have your house blessed
you can get your house blessed at any time, but it’s traditional at around the time of epiphany. priests are always pleased to be asked, say...
The Catholic Herald
The importance of St Joseph in the infancy of Christ
the ox and ass in every crib scene are interpolations of scripture. “ox and ass their maker know,” says isaiah, and tradition reasonably att...
Fr Dominic Allain
Omnium Gatherum
this year, we are happy to celebrate epiphany on a sunday, which by calendric niceties coincides with real epiphany, january 6. there is no ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The Word this Week
the epiphany of the lord is 60:1-6; eph 3:2-3 & 5-6; mt 2:1-12 (year c) the celebration of the epiphany is, in many ways, a joyful medit...
Bishop David McGough
Experimental novelist Murakami is sounding like a broken record
killing commendatore by haruki murakami, harvill secker, 702pp, £20/$30 isolation is central to the work of japanese novelist haruki murakam...
Matt Thorne
Do we need another Churchill biography?
churchill: walking with destiny by andrew roberts allen lane, 1,152pp, £35/$40 if some kind soul gave you a handful of notes to spend, ...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
An opera for all the family
apart from lending his name to a tight-trousered pop star of the 1960s, the composer engelbert humperdink (german, 1854-1921) has one enduri...
Michael White
Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs: an intimate portrait of a doomed family
europe’s royal families have long been related to each other. queen victoria’s family were closely entwined with the romanovs of russia, fir...
David V Barrett
Letters & emails
communism can never be appeased sir – i am sure that most informed catholics are aware of the agreement reached between the holy see and the...
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