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Herald Top 10: The booming monasteries that are running out of cells
among the most startling aspects of the post-vatican ii era of the catholic church has been the dramatic decline of vocations to the religio...
Jim Graves
Legion of Christ says 33 of its priests sexually abused minors
since its founding in 1941, 33 priests of the legionaries of christ committed sexual abuse of minors, victimizing 175 children, according to...
Catholic News Agency
What a decade! A look at the biggest Catholic stories of the 2010s
when church historians look back on the last ten years, they’ll have several historic and important moments to study. and catholics who’ve l...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis accepts resignation of dean of cardinals, sets 5-year term limit
pope francis has accepted the resignation of cardinal angelo sodano as dean of the college of cardinals and declared that the position will ...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Church reform requires personal conversion, Pope Francis tells Roman Curia
to carry out the continuing reform of the church requires a willingness to change and a commitment to personal conversion, pope francis said...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
CDF official: Anthropology and Scripture document is not ‘open’ to same-sex unions
the secretary of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, archbishop giacomo morandi, said friday that a new document by the pontific...
Catholic News Agency
Benedict XVI creates foundation for Catholic journalism in Germany
in what came as a surprise to many members of the catholic elite in germany, pope emeritus benedict xvi has launched a foundation for cathol...
Catholic News Agency
Why is JK Rowling being denounced? Because she said No to a lie
progressives are denouncing jk rowling this week, insisting that she has ruined harry potter in a single tweet. one can almost hear them cry...
C C Pecknold
Pope Francis installs cross in Vatican for migrants who died in Mediterranean
pope francis has hung a cross encircled by a life jacket inside a vatican building in memory of migrants and refugees who have lost their li...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Cathedral in Iraq's largest Christian town to be rebuilt in 2020
the great al-tahira immaculate conception cathedral in bakhdida remains charred black inside, five years after the islamic state plundered a...
Howard Kiernan
The morality of dressing well
what should you wear at christmas parties? and how should you look presentable without looking vain? i stumbled upon the answer at the inaug...
Harry Mount
Heretic of the week: Paul Tillich
paul tillich (1886-1965) was born to a minister of the prussian state church in what is now poland. he and his family moved to berlin when h...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0624
cryptic across 1 was jesus called thus after a dodgy healing tale? (3,8) 8 in nevada, east of 17dn, small number meet the pope (6,1) 9 conce...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, december 22 : the fourth sunday of advent is 7:10-1; ps 24; rom 1:1-7; mt 1:18-24 monday, decemb...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Celebrate Christmas Eve
christmas eve is observed differently according to local cultures and traditions but it remains essentially a vigil ahead of the major feast...
The Catholic Herald
What Christmas has to do with trade deals
" o admirabile commercium : o marvellous exchange! man’s creator has become man, born of a virgin. we have been made sharers in the divinity...
Fr Dominic Allain
Why we kneel during the Creed at Christmas
the collect for the fourth sunday of advent in the novus ordo is also the postcommunion for the feast of the annunciation (march 25) in the ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Christmas is the most perfect expression of divine gentleness
christmas – mass during the night is 9:1-6; ps 96; titus 2:11-14; lk 2:1-14 the old testament readings for the christmas season are an expre...
Bishop David McGough
Are we ready for the Council of Nairobi?
when bishops meet by john w o’malley harvard university press, 223pp, £20/$24.95 how many bishops does it take to change the course of catho...
Jonathan Wright
The man who paved the way for modern royalty
prince albert by an wilson atlantic, 430pp, £30/$35 publishers love subtitles as a means of catching prospective buyers. so an wilson’s deli...
Allan Massie
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