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Why the Seal of Confession cannot be compromised
the suggestion by iicsa that the seal of confession is violable misunderstands its essence, writes fr richard whinder the independent inquir...
The Catholic Herald
Finding truthful witness in fictional saints
the saints from the great novels can help us grow in our faith, writes ken craycraft one of my daughters, margaret, recently finished sigrid...
Ken Craycraft
Cardinals Tagle and Parolin defend renewal of Sino-Vatican pact
on october 22 the vatican confirmed it had renewed a deal with the chinese communist party (ccp) relating to the appointment of bishops in t...
Ignatius Dean
Cardinal Kasper joins criticism of Synodal Path
german prelate cardinal walter kasper, the former president of the pontifical council for promoting christian unity, has called germany’s sy...
Ignatius Dean
St John Paul II: a man for our times
on his feast day, we must invoke the aid of john paul ii for our church a nd our country, writes joanna bogle he was brought up by a single ...
Joanna Bogle
Beware the Church of 'perpetual initiatives, built on shifting sands'
hugh somerville knapman osb takes the long view of vatican ii as surely we all know by now, 11 october was the 60th anniversary of the openi...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
Irish sex education plan to push gender ideology in Catholic schools
the irish department of education has just closed a consultation period for the revamping of its relationship and sexuality education (rse) ...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
New laws to ban prayer outside abortion clinics are disproportionate and farcical
is it only catholics who care about the unborn? asks gavin ashenden one of the more horrific parts of catholic history in these islands was ...
Gavin Ashenden
Cardinal Müller: the man to watch?
german prelate cardinal gerhard cardinal müller has emerged as a leading figure in the orthodox camp of the catholic church over the past fe...
Ignatius Dean
In the School of Saint Benedict: Benedictine Spirituality for Every Christian by Xavier Perrin
in this excellent little book, beautifully translated from the french by dom luke bell and sister laetitia payne, abbot xavier perrin of qua...
Philippa Edwards OSB
Admitting mistakes with wit and wisdom by A N Wilson
an wilson’s confessions is subtitled “a life of failed promises”, which is a little harsh for one of the most consistently lively and entert...
Gertrude Clarke
Hollywood must rediscover the art of storytelling
there is more to the medium than the message. the woman king is a case in point it’s a peculiar sign of our times that filmmakers feel ...
Ferdie Rous
The Synod will continue until Synodality improves
are catholics going to be asked the same questions until they produce the right answers, wonders hugh somerville knapman osb on 16 october, ...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
The true message of Vatican II
as a young catholic in the 1970s i was repeatedly told that the second vatican council was at best a tragic mistake fuelled by a naïve enthu...
Joanna Bogle
Is the Synodal Way a hostile take-over of the Church?
of all the voices raised in warning about an imminent coup threatening the catholic church, former head of the congregation for the doctrine...
Gavin Ashenden
Did anyone outside the church really care about Vatican II?
last week saw the celebration of the feast of st john xxiii as well as the anniversary of the opening of the second vatican council, which h...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Pope extends Synod on Synodality to 2024
pope francis has announced that the synod on synodality will be extended to 2024. speaking in his angelus address on sunday, the pope shared...
Courtney Mares
Metropolitan Kallistos: Orthodoxy’s first global-age teacher
metropolitan kallistos of diokleia was the eastern orthodox church’s most familiar voice in the english-speaking world for six decades. his ...
Fr Mark Woodruff
Pope's Order of Malta reforms 'illegal' under UK charity law, says senior knight
the pope’s reforms of the order of malta are illegal under uk law and has placed the organisation on a collision course with the charity com...
Simon Caldwell
Words and deeds
could the vatican, under pius xii, have done more to condemn and prevent nazi atrocities, especially the holocaust? that question has been t...
Niall Gooch
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