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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...
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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...
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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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2019 is the year of Leonardo da Vinci
the single currency devised by the european union, the euro, is 20 years old this month. my personal disappointment with this financial inno...
Mary Kenny
Cardinal Scola: the man who was nearly Pope
cardinal angelo scola was considered a front runner at the last papal election. after the white smoke appeared, the italian bishops’ confere...
Desmond O'Grady
Will Charles be the disestablishment king?
last year saw an important milestone in the history of the british royal family. prince charles, the eldest son and heir to the queen, celeb...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The Church has to ditch the culture that sees no evil
the most overlooked story of 2018 might become the most important story of 2019 and many years beyond. the central question that emerged wit...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Key dates for the Church in 2019
january 1 mary, mother of god; world day of peace 6 epiphany 7 orthodox christmas 13 baptism of the lord 14-22 9 days for life (us) 18 march...
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