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Scorsese’s strange loss of originality
martin scorsese’s divine comedy by catherine o’brien, bloomsbury, 224pp, £50 of all living film directors whose work lends itself to a theol...
Matt Thorne
Another look at a misunderstood movement
as is the case for much of the 19th century’s best art and architecture, the works of the pre-raphaelites can seem to be motivated by a desi...
James Baresel
Omnium Gatherum
as i write it is the feast of the transfiguration of the lord, august 6, commemorating when christ allowed his chief apostles to see a littl...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Word this week
the 19th sunday of the year prov 9:1-6 & 12-15; eph 5:15-20; jn 6:51-58 (year b) "wisdom has built herself a house, she has laid her tab...
Bishop David McGough
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, august 12: 19th sunday in ordinary time 1 kgs 19:4-8; ps 34; eph 4:30-5:2; jn 6:41-51 monday, a...
The Catholic Herald
Trial postponed for priest accused of embezzling more than $5 million
The postponement came after the priest's attorney withdrew
Rhina Guidos
Prize crossword 0554
cryptic across 1 bible’s drastic inclusion of a first and second book with the same name (6) 4 he prophesied the finding of mum going west t...
Alun Evans
US bishop orders halt to Communion services without a priest
'The practice, while popular, is not consistent with the Instructions from the Holy See,' Bishop Robert Vasa said
Staff Reporter
Pope Francis sends Chilean bishops handwritten thank you note for action on abuse
The Pope praised the bishops' decisions as 'realistic and concrete'
Cindy Wooden
A novelist who loved to keep the reader guessing
If you haven't tried Henry James, the master of ambiguity, this summer would be a good time to start
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Pittsburgh diocese to release names of accused priests
The bishop announced the decision in a pastoral letter read out at Sunday Mass across the diocese
Catholic News Service
Second bishop backs laity-led investigation into US Church
'We have reached a point where bishops alone investigating bishops is not the answer,' the Bishop of Albany said
Staff Reporter
Brazil Church leaders speak against decriminalisation of abortion
'The right to life is the most fundamental of rights,' the Bishop of Rio Grande said
Lise Alves
Pope prays Blessed Paul VI will intercede for 'Church he loved so much'
Pope Francis described Paul VI as a 'great Pope of modernity'
Catholic News Service
The Bishop of Harrisburg was right to publish the names of clergy accused of abuse
All dioceses should follow Bishop Gainer's lead
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
What is the purpose of Catholic education? To help children become saints
Parents and teachers should read Roy Peachey's short, but very important, book on Catholic schools
Francis Phillips
Varadkar: I'll push Pope on accepting same-sex families
Irish ministers are stepping their criticisms of Church teaching ahead of the World Meeting of Families
Staff Reporter
The Catechism and the death penalty: are Catholics right to be worried?
This wouldn't be the first time a pope has been in tension with Catholic teaching
Dan Hitchens
The beauty of rood screens
The screens were once the main visual showpiece of a church
Harry Mount
Belgium's euthanasia nightmare
As children are put to death, Belgium's experience shows the 'slippery slope' is real
Niall Gooch
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