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Pope celebrates special Vespers at his favourite Rome basilica
for the first time in his 11-year papacy pope francis marked the feast of the dedication of his favourite roman basilica by celebrating vesp...
Elise Allen
Trump pitches for Catholic vote as Harris snubs Al Smith dinner
new york – amid executives, journalists and current and former political allies and adversaries, former president donald trump used the podi...
John Lavenburg
The shape-shifting nature of treason
‘hanged, drawn, quar- tered, beheaded, shot – even boiled…” from its outset, the national archive’s exhibition treason: people, power and pl...
Philip Sidney
Irish Church mourns death of popular Bishop Willie Walsh
tributes have been paid to the former bishop of the diocese of killaloe, willie walsh, a popular prelate among the irish catholic community ...
The Catholic Herald
Cardinal Fernández ordains first bishop for British ordinariate
the cardinal in charge of the vatican’s doctrinal department has ordained the first bishop of the personal ordinariate of our lady of walsin...
Simon Caldwell
More legacy building: Pope names women to Dicastery for Bishops
pope francis has named three women to the dicastery for bishops. it is the first time that women have been appointed to the dicastery respon...
The Catholic Herald
'My faith keeps me grounded,' says Rugby Union star Marcus Smith
the rugby union player marcus smith has spoken about his catholic faith in an interview, attributing his ability to keep calm under pressure...
The Catholic Herald
Pakistani lynch mob murders Christian boss for throwing stickers with Islamic slogans into litter bin
a lynch mob has battered a christian man to death in pakistan then burned his body while taking selfies of themselves on their mobile phones...
Simon Caldwell
Holocaust survivor rebukes Pope Francis for suggesting Israel's actions in Gaza are 'genocide'
rome – a 93-year-old holocaust survivor who once received pope francis in her rome apartment, and who later wrote a book about the experienc...
Crux Staff
'The last scents of a fading mirror of Eden': Tasting divine love through Cistercian viniculture
there can be few men who have had a larger impact on civilisation with almost no fanfare than the great st bernard of clairvaux: a doctor of...
Brian Scarffe
Meeting between Cardinal Ambongo and Congo’s president eases tensions in Africa's largest Catholic country
amid what threatened to become a serious church v. state clash in africa’s largest catholic country, the cardinal threatened with prosecutio...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Dublin priest numbers will fall 70 per cent in next 20 years or sooner
priest numbers in the dublin archdiocese are expected to decline by 70 per cent in the next 20 years, but there are fears such a decline may...
DeclanMcSweeney
Con man dressed as Franciscan priest arrested while impersonating Vatican prelate
a well-known italian confidence trickster popularly known as “king of the con” was recently arrested in rome while dressed as a franciscan p...
Crux Staff
A 'new chapter' for Ampleforth
ampleforth headmaster peter roberts speaks to oleńka hamilton about his new mission i was looking forward to speaking to peter roberts, the ...
Olenka Hamilton
Letter from the Editor: The Pope of Rome
"do you want an audience with the pope?” asked vatican “fixer” extraordinaire dr peter bahou, owner of new york-based peter’s tours, while w...
William Cash
Dante and the sanctification of love
we need to look afresh at the whole idea of falling in love. the present cultural anarchy that has come to surround relationships has evolve...
Gavin Ashenden
The successes, and failures, of Pope Francis
just over 10 years ago, jorge mario bergoglio stood on the balcony of st peter’s and said simply to the crowd, “buona sera”. it was the begi...
The Catholic Herald
Fiducia Supplicans: an exercise in smoke and mirrors, where spin becomes substance and appearance reality
st john henry newman once considered the possibility of the crisis that would emerge if a church council or a pope introduced a doctrine tha...
Gavin Ashenden
A strange complaint: Pope Francis's speech to the Rota
pope francis recently lamented the fact that a declaration of matrimonial nullity “is thought of as a cold act, a mere ‘legal decision’.” in...
Charles Collins
"Dominus meus et Deus meus": St Thomas the Apostle encourages us to cast aside our own doubts
there’s a story about the atheist philosopher bertrand russell being asked what he would say if he found himself standing before god on the ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
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