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How to become a liturgical being
both east and west have calendar issues. in the eastern churches, some follow the old julian calendar and some the newfangled 16th-century g...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The marriage that overcame the evils of Nazism
last letters by freya and helmuth james von moltke (translated by shelley frisch) nyrb, 432pp, £14.99/$18.95 in any society the number of pe...
Jack Carrigan
An anthropologist takes on Richard Dawkins
believers: faith in human nature by martin konner, norton, 336pp, £22/$28.95 as everyone from teilhard de chardin to albert einstein has tau...
Matt Thorne
The Protestant thinkers who love Benedict XVI
the theology of benedict xvi: a protestant appreciation edited by tim perry lexham press, 272pp, £20.99/$25.89 the theology of pope emeritus...
The Catholic Herald
Critics disdain this little movie – but they're wrong
ashes in the snow (amazon prime) is a little movie, but “little” doesn’t mean small. ashes focuses on the personal trials of an adolescent g...
Carl Curtis
The Catholic writer who rivalled Dostoyevky
in march 2013, in the first homily after his election, pope francis said: “when one does not profess jesus christ, i recall the phrase of lé...
Benjamin Ivry
The new Little Women would shock Louisa May Alcott
the latest film version of louisa may alcott’s little women, directed by greta gerwig, has been a critical and popular success. it has a fem...
Mary Kenny
'I am a failed Catholic, but still a Catholic': An interview with poet Adam Zagajewski
adam zagajewski is without doubt one of the greatest living poets, not only because he has received many of world’s top literary prizes but ...
Paolo Gambi
Trump, Christians, and the danger of heresy
on january 3, donald trump held a rally at ministerio internacional el rey jesús in miami, the largest hispanic congregation in the united s...
Matthew Schmitz
Bishop Barron: The movie that Benedict XVI really deserves
the new and much-ballyhooed netflix film the two popes should, by rights, be called the one pope, for it presents a fairly nuanced, textured...
Bishop Robert Barron
We used to believe bishops told the truth. What happened?
one of the biggest stories of 2019 took place exactly a year ago. the diocese of pittsburgh confirmed that cardinal donald wuerl of washingt...
Fr Raymond de Souza
How Cardinal Tagle's new job could transform the Church
when cardinal luis antonio tagle takes the reins at the vatican congregation for the evangelisation of peoples this month, he will face a ho...
Christopher R. Altieri
Why I'm hooked on televangelism
when, as deputy prime minister, john prescott punched a protester during the general election campaign in 2001 it nearly ruined his career. ...
Melissa Kite
A pro-life 'citizens' initiative' has received the cold shoulder
the eu is constitutionally committed to the idea of democracy. furthermore, every country in it is by tradition christian, about a third bei...
Andrew Tettenborn
Will life get worse for India's Christians in 2020?
most christians in india will remember the year 2019 as challenging, to say the least. religious minorities in general and christians specif...
Andreas Thonhauser
A rapidly growing campus ministry hosts a massive youth conference
thousands of young catholics descended on phoenix, arizona, last week for a conference hosted by the fellowship of catholic university stude...
Jeff Cimmino
A relative of Prince Harry heads for canonisation
next week could see a cricket-mad aristocrat related to princes william and harry take a step closer to canonisation, when vatican officials...
Simon Caldwell
Who can replace Cardinal Sodano as dean?
an apostolic letter which tweaked the role of the dean of the college of cardinals was one of two moves at the end of 2019 which made it cle...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Mexico City to Maiduguri
washington, dc supreme court considering louisiana abortion law more than 200 senators and members of congress have signed an amicus brief s...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: why atheists adore cats
churchgoers are much less likely to be cat people, according to a study which found that those who had never entered a church owned on avera...
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