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You can't take a child from his parents, even if you think you're saving his soul
there is an error catholics and other christians can commit, and have committed, despite the church's own historic warning against it. that ...
RobertPGeorge
Confessions of a religious pilgrim
by the time i reached lisbon in february this year, with the staccato rap of my walking sticks on the quayside causing the trendy young thin...
James Jeffrey
Nigeria: Stories of modern-day slavery (and the under-funded fight to end it)
mercy akan, trafficked from oron in akwa ibom to lagos where she escaped back to oron, akwa ibom, nigeria poses friday, may 7, 2021 at he...
Valentine Iwenwanne
Full Marx for the Dominican
it’s 20 years ago this year that herbert mccabe died. he was one of the great dominicans of the 20th century, perhaps the most lucid and wit...
Melanie McDonagh
Why Catholic journalism matters
the demise of the universe , a catholic paper with 160 years of history, is both sad in itself and telling about the condition of the cathol...
The Catholic Herald
The Extraordinary Form: a call to arms
rumours have been circulating that pope francis is planning some kind of restriction on the extraordinary form of the mass (ef), the “tradit...
Joseph Shaw
Decline and fall
a sad little notice recently appeared on the universe’s website (“the news site you’ll have faith in”) that “with very much regret” its publ...
Stephen Bates
The enigma of the soul
we all know the legend of dr faustus, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for various privileges that he otherwise could not e...
Jaspreet Singh Boparai
Preston – a rare Catholic cityscape
preston is today a city of some 120,000 inhabitants. it is situated on the north bank of the ribble in lancashire. it is relatively unique a...
Michael Hodges
Traditionis Custodes: When "professional Catholic" squabbling spills over
cardinal lorenzo baldisseri at the holy see press office on oct. 2, 2019. (file photo, cns/paul haring) i remember once attending a r...
Charles Collins
On the unity of the Church in our times
in a homily preached on 18 july 2021 at the monastère saint-benoît, liturgical scholar dom alcuin reid offers both a reflection on the place...
Dr Alcuin Reid
Muggeridge on the meaning of life in a monastery
founded in 1946, nunraw abbey (from "nun's row") was the first cistercian monastery in scotland since the reformation. the monastery, locate...
FromtheArchives
What Benedict XVI thought about liturgical change
a week after joseph ratzinger became pope benedict xvi, liturgical scholar dom alcuin reid predicts what he will do about the liturgy. a mon...
Lessons from the Archives
Four reasons Francis had to restrict the traditional Latin Mass
this opinion piece will not be tactfully phrased. many essays in the past few days have tried to balance both positive and negative views of...
EricBarr
Francis could do what he did, but that's not the crucial thing
pope francis has placed very significant restrictions on the saying of the old mass, abrogating the much more permissive or generous policy ...
RobertPGeorge
Don't apologise for the inquisition
reviewing a book called inquisition: the reign of fear by toby green, quentin de la bedoyere warns against apologetic attempts to rationaliz...
Lessons from the Archives
Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis' 'harsh' response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way
by courtney mares. rome, italy, jul 19, 2021 / 16:00 pm. the former head of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith has critiqued pop...
Catholic News Agency
Summorum Pontificum: a restoration after a gross impoverishment
though it has just been rejected by his successor, benedict xvi's motu propi o summorum pontificum made many people happy when he issued it ...
Lessons from the Archives
Elizabeth Jennings: The Catholic bag-lady of poetry
the poet elizabeth jennings was born on this day in 1926. a devout catholic, she attended st anne's college, oxford, where she lived all her...
FromtheArchives
Twelve quick thoughts on Pope Francis dropping his long-expected bomb on the traditional latin Mass
1) in his motu proprio traditionis custodes , pope francis says st. john paul ii's indults were only meant to heal the breach with arc...
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