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Don't alter the Our Father
many years ago, when my father found himself in an international setting, someone asked him – i believe it was a hungarian linguist – what t...
Mary Kenny
I've never seen a ghost, but I believe in them
i have never thought it strange that so many people do not believe in god. what i find peculiar is the number of people, many of them sane a...
Richard Ingrams
Longing for lost worlds won't convert America
when young radicals gathered in the streets of paris in may 1968, régis debray was nowhere to be seen. as his friends playacted at revolutio...
Matthew Schmitz
The sci-fi classic that rose out of Monte Cassino's ruins
it is often said that a writer’s inspiration can come from anywhere, but 75 years ago the muse was to be found falling from the bomb bays of...
Alfred Searls
Ann Widdecombe: I was branded a 'vile' bigot for opinions I don't hold
free speech in the uk is supposedly guaranteed under article 10 of the human rights act 1998. the act specifies that such a right is limited...
Ann Widdecombe
The extraordinary prayer that launched D-Day
it was a stroke of ceremonial genius. at the d-day 75th anniversary commemorations at portsmouth, how to ensure that the assembled heads of ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The Church's next scandal is money
"the devil always enters by way of the pocket." it’s a phrase that pope francis often repeats. he has it on no lesser authority than that of...
Christopher R. Altieri
Diary: The Sign of Peace fills me with terror
i managed an impressive shriek during the consecration on saturday, while i watched in slow motion as my two-year-old seemed to be about to ...
Madeleine Teahan
Franco's tomb is still a headache for the Church
spain’s catholic church has promised to respect a supreme court judgment barring the exhumation of general francisco franco from his mausole...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Cardinal Pell's appeal: what we know so far
last week, cardinal pell’s appeal was heard at the supreme court of victoria’s court of appeal, presided by chief justice anne ferguson and ...
Natasha Marsh
What happens when a priest is too traditional for his parish?
it’s something of a trope these days. first, a young priest is assigned to a new parish, where he reintroduces elements of the pre-vatican i...
Michael Warren Davis
How one country is trying to renew the priesthood
every priest in england and wales has been invited to westminster cathedral for a mass of thanksgiving and for the renewal of priests. with ...
Simon Caldwell
Why the Vatican has stepped in at Lourdes
last week was very eventful, especially insofar as the politics of ecclesiastical crisis and scandal are concerned, so it is quite possible ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Houston to Hong Kong
peoria, illinois archbishop sheen’s body will be moved as appeal fails the body of venerable fulton sheen will be moved to peoria, after a l...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"if you want to make god laugh, tell him your plans" bishop john wilson says he’s surprised to be the next archbishop of southwark statement...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: The Catholic faith of the queen of Creole cooking
tributes have poured in for leah chase, a new orleans chef who played a leading role in the civil rights movement, and who died last week. a...
Staff Reporter
The best of the web: Sign language, papal press conferences and Twitter's demons
clerics who helped create sign language for millennia, wrote inés antón dayas at national geographic, those “with hearing impairments encoun...
Staff writers
The week ahead: 40 hours, Cardinal Arinze and Courage
many churches will hold forty hours’ devotions in the days leading up to the solemnity of corpus christi on sunday, june 23. the devotion co...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Five bishops issue 'declaration of truths'
what happened? cardinal raymond burke and three bishops from kazakhstan have signed a document aiming to affirm traditional church teaching ...
Staff writers
The big story: Vatican department speaks out against 'gender theory'
what happened? the vatican’s education department has issued a new document on gender issues, saying that the trend towards transgender iden...
Staff writers
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