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'Irish Madonna' returns to Ireland after Cromwell-enforced exile
galway cathedral has been gifted a unique painting from hungary that speaks to the persecution of catholicism in ireland by the english stat...
James Jeffrey
The rocks of ages on which British mysticism is built
stonehenge is one of the most famous monuments in the world. the outline of the trilithons, the great gate-like constructions that form its ...
Rosemary Hill
'As art degenerates around us, so too does unity in the Church'
“there is a separate entrance for those who are uncomfortable squeezing through the nude performers,” says bbc entertainment reporter steven...
Katherine Bennett
Myanmar: Thousands protest coup as Catholics hold day of prayer, fasting for peace
still reeling from a military coup nearly a week ago, the southeast asian nation of myanmar saw massive protests in major cities throughout ...
Staff Reporter
Prayers are more powerful than bullets, Pope tells young on final day in Congo
pope francis has urged the young africans to reject corruption, war and violence on the final day of his visit to congo. “prayer is the most...
Staff Reporter
The last surviving Trappist monk from Algeria massacre has died at 97
father jean pierre schumacher, one of two monks who survived the tibhirine abbey massacre in algeria in 1996, has died at the age of 97. sch...
Courtney Mares
This Holy Week occurs amid an intensifying battle between the cultures of Life and Death
during his liturgical reflection for the monday of this holy week, dom guéranger meditates: “this city is zealous for the exteriors of ...
Philip Campbell
Immigration: The Pope versus the General
rome – amid a spiraling italian debate over immigration, two personalities increasingly are coming to symbolize the opposing positions. in o...
John L Allen
Popes take risks to appear in public
rome – amid the usual cascade of news out of the vatican in recent days was a curious item, which, among other things, touches upon the ever...
John L Allen
Jack Kerouac at 100
the american writer jack kerouac, whose centenary fell this year, was adamant about the catholic inspiration of his work, which he repeatedl...
Benjamin Ivry
McElroy's appointment to Washington is a seriously misguided political move
catholic america is reeling from the surprise of the new presidency’s political appointments at every level, which are decisively reshaping ...
Gavin Ashenden
Monuments to a shared humanity
europe’s 100 best cathedrals by simon jenkins viking, £30, 360 pages the feeding of the 5,000 notwithstanding, the founder of christianity n...
Robert Gray
Bishop Álvarez released from prison
the nicaraguan regime has released a catholic bishop jailed earlier this year for 26 years on treason charges connected with his use of soci...
Simon Caldwell
Ritual matters
ritual: how seemingly senseless acts make life worth living is the latest ethnographic offering of dimitris xygalatas, an anthropologist and...
Ben Stephens
US archdiocese ‘refused to comply’ with sexual abuse investigation, Washington attorney general claims
amid a campaign for the governorship, washington attorney general bob ferguson announced on 9 may that he has taken legal action against the...
johnlavenburg
We learn to live in heaven by learning to live on earth
many years ago, a youngish academic asked me with some puzzlement what you were supposed to do if you converted to christianity. he was not ...
Rowan Williams
Pro-life group: End of mother’s UK legal battle over life support for 5-year-old girl ‘a tragedy’
a pro-life group described the u.k. supreme court’s decision not to hear a mother’s appeal over the removal of life support for her 5-year-o...
Catholic News Agency
The Persecuted Church: Is Britain doing enough to help beleaguered Christians in Pakistan?
“i will die but i will not let you go in” – these were the last words of akash bashir, a young man who saved the lives of more than a thousa...
Amy Balog
It’s never too late: 78-year-old Cambridge professor and renowned Cromwellian scholar ordained a priest
a world-renowned academic and cambridge professor was ordained to the catholic priesthood at st john’s cathedral in norwich on 21 september ...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis: Care for creation is one of the ‘great moral issues of our time’
vatican city, nov 11, 2021 / 05:00 am pope francis has called care for god’s creation one of “the great moral issues of our time” in a lette...
Courtney Mares
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