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Enoch Burke case: the unanswered questions
irish schoolteacher enoch burke has been ordered to pay costs to wilson’s hospital secondary school after the high court determined that the...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Senior US Catholics gather in Napa Valley for annual conference
leading us catholic think tank the napa institute begins its 13 th annual conference “what we need now” today at the meritage hotel in...
Hugh Kerr
Antonia Fraser: how the Book of Ruth shaped me
antonia fraser on how the strong female characters and implicit romance in the book of ruth had a profound effect on her own development my ...
Antonia Fraser
The closure of the Franciscan Friary in Athlone is symptomatic of the wider loss of religion in Ireland
by ronan doheny in recent years, ireland has seen religious orders close community houses across the country due to lack of vocations. these...
The Catholic Herald
Kerry Robinson new CEO at Catholic Charities USA
new york – kerry alys robinson, a veteran in catholic nonprofit leadership, was announced july 25 as the next catholic charities usa preside...
Crux Staff
'Catholics for Choice': the ultimate oxymoron
whatever happened to discrimination? when i was growing up, which really wasn’t all that long ago, we were pretty good at it. people were ei...
Katherine Bennett
Pope's Ukraine peace envoy may visit China in August
rome – after making trips to kyiv, moscow, and washington d.c. as part of his peace mission on behalf of pope francis for the war in ukraine...
Elise Allen
'Oppenheimer' reminds us of some crucial moral absolutes
on august 6 1945, president truman, when told that the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima had been even more “conspicuous” than the test ...
Anthony McCarthy
"Ethnic cleansing": Catholic leaders condemn anti-Christian violence in India as Modi denies problem
"no religious discrimination in india": president biden welcomes prime minister narenda modi to the white house last month. getty images. mu...
Nirmala Carvalho
The day when American planes rained 4,000 bombs upon the Eternal City
rome – rome is a city that prides itself on having seen it all over the course of its millennia-long history, so much so that “been there, d...
John L Allen
Bishop welcomes release from jail of mother who aborted baby at eight months
a catholic bishop has welcomed the release from jail of a woman who killed her unborn baby in a late term abortion as an act of “mercy and c...
Simon Caldwell
Tumult over Chaldean Patriarch's status a blow to Iraq's Christian minority
rome – iraqi president adul latif rashid’s recent decision to withdraw an official decree recognising cardinal luis raphael sako as patriarc...
Elise Allen
World Youth Day and the cementing of the Vatican-Lisbon axis
with six cardinals and pope francis visiting next month, william cash heads to lisbon to investigate the new special relationship between po...
William Cash
US President meets a papal envoy pleading for peace, and a cruel case of déjà vu
rome – though all analogies are inexact, it’s nevertheless tempting to say that with regard to cardinal matteo zuppi’s meeting today with us...
John L Allen
How devotion to the Mother of God helps us to better know God as 'Our Father'
carol kellas, writing from croydon to the times ’ letters page recently commented on the exciting idea pitched by the anglican archbishop of...
Gavin Ashenden
The tempered joy of Elizabeth Jennings
the italian poet giuseppe ungaretti claimed that "extreme turbulence" was best expressed with "extreme precision”. what time of human life a...
Georgia L. Gilholy
Just how much faith should Rome place in a deal which China routinely flouts?
an historic deal was reached between the vatican and the people’s republic of china in 2018 that was seen as a breakthrough in a struggle fo...
Simon Caldwell
Too close for comfort: the lessons of the Russian Orthodox Church for the Vatican's status as a sovereign state
rome – back in 2007, the prestigious english news magazine the economist carried an article on vatican diplomacy, which conclude...
John L Allen
Sino-Vatican deal violated again: Francis rubber-stamps latest Communist gambit
rome – pope francis has decided to recognize the transfer of a bishop in china earlier this year without his knowledge or approval, the vati...
Elise Allen
Pentecost in Venice: Enjoying the spiritual vitality of La Serenissima as a living parish
away from the crowds, katherine cole savours the most serene republic during the feast which commemorates the birth of the church. on the la...
Katherine Cole
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