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'Promoting synodality': US and Japanese bishops call for end to nuclear weapons
the ruins of nagasaki cathedral after the destruction of the city by a nuclear bomb on 9 august 1945. getty images 78 years after the atomic...
John Lavenburg
Sicilian bishop dedicates parish to 'martyrs' of the Mafia
rome – in the heart of italy’s mob country, a new catholic parish is being dedicated to the premier patron saints of the anti-mafia effort, ...
John L Allen
The unexpected return of Christian ethics
the church has been fighting a losing battle in the west over culture, belief and ethics. but rather surprisingly, there are reasons for thi...
Gavin Ashenden
Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools
senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new catholic schools. in 2010 the...
Simon Caldwell
We need to do more to educate young Catholics in the Faith
i have just returned from lourdes where we (representatives of the brentwood diocese) joined the annual diocesan pilgrimage along with sever...
Mark Lambert
US Catholic couple sues after being blocked from adopting children due to religious beliefs
new york – a massachusetts catholic couple has sued the state, alleging that they were blocked from adopting children through the state’s fo...
John Lavenburg
Vatican announces changes to canon law which may affect Opus Dei
the 90,000 lay members and roughly 2,000 priests of opus dei, a worldwide catholic organisation which is currently the church’s lone persona...
Crux Staff
Chaldean Patriarch says withdrawal of recognition of his role is climax of campaign to seize Church's assets
the leader of iraq’s largest christian community has condemned a presidential order overturning a decree which recognises him as patriarch, ...
Olenka Hamilton
Lisbon notebook: Pilgrims in the park
saturday 5th august parque tejo trancão, lisbon – from around 4pm the transition from bustling racket to eerie stillness on the streets of l...
Tom Colsy
Synodality: a new perestroika?
it is notoriously risky to compare two large historical movements, especially recent or contemporary ones, and to claim to detect similariti...
Martin Henry
Pope says maintaining Church teaching on ordination and marriage not a sign of closed-mindedness
papal plane – returning from lisbon on sunday, pope francis insisted that maintaining the church's traditional teachings on ordination and m...
Elise Ann Allen
Life and Seoul: World Youth Day will head to South Korea in 2027
lisbon – in a sign of the rapidly expanding influence that asian catholicism is having in the global church, pope francis announced on sunda...
Elise Ann Allen
"A stone in the shoe": the Francis revolution
rome — a broad consensus regards pope francis, who today wraps up a five-day trip to lisbon for world youth day, as a revolutionary figure. ...
John L Allen
"Share your joy with others!" Pope Francis's message to 1.5 million young people
lisbon – pope francis has told a crowd of young people at a prayer vigil for world youth day (wyd), estimated by organisers to be in the reg...
Elise Ann Allen
The Transfiguration: an image of Christ’s revelation to the world
a damaged icon of the transfiguration laid out near the wreckage of transfiguration cathedral in odesa after a missile strike on july 23, 20...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
A deeply-loved bon viveur and deathbed convert: Augustin Hochschild, 1965-2023
it was friday march 17, and the portuguese mountain rain had been falling from the heavens all morning on our 60-mile walking pilgrimage to ...
William Cash
Russian Orthodox bishop thanks Francis for his "support of the Ukrainian people"
lisbon – during a meeting with interreligious leaders on friday morning in lisbon, pope francis spoke to a russian orthodox bishop who voice...
Elise Ann Allen
Our Lady of Alltötting: A shrine where Mary helped
melanie mcdonagh follows pope benedict xvi to the feet of our lady of altötting. to begin with, i didn’t think i was going to lik...
Melanie McDonagh
Notebook from Lisbon: Dutch courage at World Youth Day
lisbon - the organisers of the world youth day (wyd) events are proud of the unparalleled internationality of their participants. however, t...
Tom Colsy
Priests must play soccer, not preach dogma, says Pope in broadside against traditionalists
rome – pope francis has attacked the “corruption” of restorationist movements within the church and said the second vatican council has not ...
Crux Staff
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