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Why is the Vatican so relaxed about persecution?
one of the most dispiriting things about the recent vatican-china deal, and its looming second renewal (in spite of the fact that renewal wi...
The Catholic Herald
The allegations against Cardinal Ouellet could swing the balance in the Papal succession
earlier this week canadian media reported that canada’s cardinal marc ouellet – a potential successor to the pope and a noted conservative -...
The Catholic Herald
A crisis of faith formation in Ireland
the irish catholic bishops, as part of the irish synodal pathway, released their synthesis report of a wide-ranging listening phase on 16&nb...
Dualta Roughneen
Persecution of Church officials in Nicaragua intensifies
despite protests from the latin american church and an appeal from the vatican for dialogue a understanding, the nicaraguan government conti...
Eduardo Campos Lima
On Our Lady, the Assumption and 'Trans'
during this last week, at his general audience, pope francis met with his fourth group of ‘trans guests’. these were offered refuge by the c...
Gavin Ashenden
An African Pope – Cardinals Sarah and Turkson could beat Tagle
as rumours abound about the possible resignation of pope francis, the pope’s appointment of 16 new voting cardinals will further stack the o...
Staff Reporter
Is Cardinal Zen a bargaining chip for Beijing in Vatican deal?
cardinal joseph zen - a long-standing critic of the vatican’s accommodation with the chinese communist party (ccp) - has now has his trial d...
The Catholic Herald
Why the Holy Father and Victor Orbán will forever be at odds
in september 2021, the holy father paid a visit to central europe. he spent three days in slovakia and a mere seven hours in hungary, giving...
Niall Gooch
Post-Kansas: Idaho abortion ban to take effect
the us state of idaho is set to begin a near-total ban on abortions after a court late last week refused to stop a state law from criminalis...
The Catholic Herald
Anthony Scaramucci – from the Trump White House to the Crypto Market
you might remember him as president trump’s director of communications who was sacked after 11 days in the white house. but “the mooch” has ...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Pope Francis's successor must stop compromising with secularism
there are few more dramatic moments in the life of the church than the election of a new pope. until the resignation of pope benedict there ...
Gavin Ashenden
An ecumenical matter
july 6, 2022 marked the centenary of the revival in the church of england of the shrine of our lady of walsingham, which centuries earlier h...
Michael Yelton
Preaching to the unconverted
catholic spectacle and rome’s jews: early modern conversion and resistance emily michelson princeton university press, £30, 352 pages in 155...
Stefan Bauer
Seeing Spain's history through art
incomparable realms: spain during the golden age, 1500-1700 jeremy robbins reaktion books, £25, 464 pages spain’s golden age spanned the rei...
William Davage
Bach's divine gift brought to life
the great passion by james runcie bloomsbury, £16.99, 272 pages this sublime novel about the domestic and spiritual genesis behind johann se...
William Cash
Standards in public life are at rock bottom
what does the decline of religion have to do with the current leadership battle in the conservative party? in our strange constitutional arr...
Laura Perrins
Decency is not enough
on various occasions i had to ask myself recently whether i was living in london in 2022 or 1980s italy. the soap opera of government crisis...
Fr Mark Vickers
‘I fight the good fight, the good fight of faith’
father gerald murray is an ice hockey-playing new york priest, canon lawyer and conservative catholic public commentator. he is probably the...
William Cash
The less dangerous US Supreme Court
in federalist paper number 78, alexander hamilton famously contended that the judiciary would be “the least dangerous” of the three branches...
Ken Craycraft
An historical study worth waiting for
a biographical dictionary of english architecture, 1540-1640 mark girouard yale, £40, 372 pages mark girouard, born a catholic in 1937, is t...
Michael Hodges
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