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The bishops who’ve never seen their dioceses
For centuries, the Vatican has relied on the legal fiction of titular sees. Their history is more fraught than you might expect
Ned Donovan
Alice Nutter: a witch – or a secret Catholic?
In 1612, a judge condemned 10 people to death for witchcraft. Was one of them a recusant Catholic?
Dominic Selwood
Don’t be fooled by China
The communist regime has a much clearer game plan than we have in the West
Tim Stanley
A Pentecostal truce
even keen rome observers missed the speech that pope francis gave to the pontifical council for promoting christian unity last week. that is...
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The big story of the past seven days
✣ pope francis defends deal with china what happened? pope francis defended his deal with china, first to journalists on the papal plane and...
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The best of the web
✣ highlights from the week online how st cuthbert kept a book for 300 years at jstor daily, allison meier described the history of “europe’s...
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In brief
rome bishops: meeting with pope was ‘remarkable and intimate’ the bishops of england and wales have described their two-hour meeting with po...
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Alun Evans
Media: Is the honeymoon over?
the tone of press coverage of pope francis is changing last week was another rough week for pope francis. in fact, it’s been an increasingly...
Christopher R. Altieri
Abuse crisis: A Westminster mystery
what is the truth about the case of cardinal murphy-o’connor? the claims are shocking. a cardinal is accused of child abuse; his diocese is ...
Dan Hitchens
United States: The new critics
even loyal bishops and insiders are dismayed by apparent inaction on mccarrick to the surprise of many catholic commentators, cardinal timot...
Michael Warren Davis
Somalia: Hidden Christians
with the nation’s only church closed, the faithful must pray alone last year somalia’s only church was forced to close. st anthony of padua ...
Fredrick Nzwili
Diary: by Bishop Philip Egan
we arrived at the residenza madri pie, five minutes’ walk from st peter’s basilica, on sunday, in time for supper and an orientation session...
Bishop Philip Egan
Key figures in an era of ‘witch hysteria’
matthew hopkins hopkins became notorious in the 17th century as england’s most prolific witch-hunter. he grew up in suffolk, where his fathe...
Dominic Selwood
Pope Francis calls for a youth synod 'anointed by hope'
Pope Francis said hope 'shatters that conformism which says 'it’s always been done like this’'
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England’s Salem
witchcraft and magic have a strong hold over our collective imagination. these days, our interest is largely for entertainment, but four cen...
Dominic Selwood
Communism and the Wojtyła factor
participants in the synod of bishops which started this week in rome were appointed by various means. national bishops’ conferences elected ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
A complacent Church
i helped to oversee safeguarding in england and wales. i was left wondering if some bishops really ‘get it’ when pope francis wrote his rece...
Danny Sullivan
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