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Pope Francis: 'Abortion is never the answer'
pope francis said saturday that abortion is never the answer to difficult prenatal diagnoses, calling selective abortion of the disabled the...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
Iraq's Christians are slowly coming home, but they face grave new threats
saly and rahma are like so many young american university students. in their second year at catholic university, these two young women are s...
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer
Once again, young Catholics recognize the errors of their elders
threats to the catholic church in america, as elsewhere, are often external ones. but as the clerical abuse scandals have amply demonstrated...
C C Pecknold
How China's technological controls keep Christians under constant surveillance
as the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square protests approaches, the chinese communist party is utilizing authoritarian tactics old and ...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
Georgetown Visitation alumnae respond to 'heartbreaking betrayal'
former students of georgetown visitation preparatory school have published an open letter challenging a recent decision they say undermines ...
Ed Condon/CNA
Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit came as fire, not a schedule
pope francis thursday condemned an exaggerated focus on plans and agendas which do not leave room for the spontaneous work of the holy spiri...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/05/19
cardinal luis antonio tagle has been re-elected president of caritas internationalis . the rwandan church has rejected calls to expel clergy...
Luke Coppen
Abolishing the priesthood would tear the heart out of the Church
a year ago, there appeared in the national catholic reporter an account of a catholic men’s gathering at cape cod, which the periodical said...
Sohrab Ahmari
The small college attracting some of the Church's best brains
these are the first days of spring in new england, when you begin to understand why robert frost said “nature’s first green is gold”. three ...
Michael Warren Davis
Banning sport on Sunday isn't a 'war on athletics'
archbishop allen vigneron issued a new policy last week banning sports games and practices on sundays in catholic schools in the archdiocese...
Jordan Bloom
Germany's 'church strike' puts its bishops in an awkward position
a women’s strike led by a dissident catholic group has sparked actions across germany. the maria 2.0 group, which uses an image of the bless...
Jon Anderson
How the South African Church is going to hold Ramaphosa to account
south africa’s 2019 general election was in many ways unsurprising. the ruling african national congress (anc) won a majority, albeit the sm...
Claire Mathieson
What kind of love makes for a marriage and a home?
during the years that i served as a religious superior for a province of oblate priests and brothers in western canada, i tried to keep my f...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
My plea to Cardinal Nichols: support your cathedral's great choir
for more than a century the liturgy in westminster cathedral has given inspiration and joy to hundreds of thousands of worshippers from all ...
Colin Mawby
Heretic of the week: John Wesley
john wesley (1703-1791) was a cleric of the church of england who unintentionally founded his own denomination. born to the rev samuel wesle...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0594
cryptic across 5 defeated by david, is zerah dead? (9) 8 ‘god zone’ is marginalized by americans (4) 9 native american, a popular author, un...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, may 26 : the sixth sunday of easter acts 15:1-2, 22-29; ps 67; rev 21:10-14, 22-23; jn 14:23-29 ...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Join the Swiss Guards
there have only been 100 serving swiss guards at any one time since their numbers were fixed in 1979. so competition to join this ancient an...
The Catholic Herald
A 14th-century tapestry as vivid as Game of Thrones
i do love the book of revelation, which figures large in our eastertide liturgy. cs lewis cautions that an allegory does not have to be deco...
Fr Dominic Allain
Mass is more than remembrance: it makes the Resurrection present now
here is the collect for the sixth sunday of easter in the ordinary form, which was glued together from bits of prayers from ancient sacramen...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
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