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Bolivian bishop calls for 'optional' priestly celibacy following clerical pederasty scandal
a south american bishop has called for “optional celibacy” for priests in the wake of revelations that a gay jesuit missionary sexually abus...
Simon Caldwell
Enoch Burke case: the unanswered questions
irish schoolteacher enoch burke has been ordered to pay costs to wilson’s hospital secondary school after the high court determined that the...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Rupnik case in ‘advanced stage’ despite complexities, says Vatican investigator
rome – seven months after the vatican reversed its previous course and opened a canonical inquiry into accusations of long-term abuse commit...
Elise Allen
Netflix's All Quiet on the Western Front: a poignant anti-war flick undermined by cheap history
eric maria remarque wrote all quiet on the western front nearly a century ago. many of his readers and his friends had traipsed ...
Ferdie Rous
Exclusive Interview: author and historian Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon Bonaparte, the Enlightenment, the Catholic Church and Poland
adam zamoyski is a british historian of polish origin. he has written numerous highly acclaimed books, including poland: a history, and holy...
Anthony McCarthy
Letter from the Editor: July 2023
one of my favourite articles in this issue, with its irish cover, is stephen de la bédoyère’s elegiac account of growing up when his father,...
William Cash
Euthanasia and assisted suicide contradict Christmas, Bishop Davies warns faithful
the bishop of shrewsbury in his christmas homily is to warn against renewed attempts to change the law to allow doc...
Simon Caldwell
Pope curses 'delinquent' priests who withhold absolution
priests should grant absolution in the confessional even when the penitent has no intention to repent, the pope has said in a speech which h...
Simon Caldwell
Alabama priest who fled country with teen won’t be prosecuted, says local district attorney
new york – a priest of mobile, alabama, who left the united states with a teenage woman over the summer under murky circumstances, reportedl...
John Lavenburg
Saint Benedict In His Community, by Richard Newman
richard newman gracewing, £14.99, 244 pages this small book is a revision and extension of richard newman’s saint benedict in his time, whic...
Philippa Edwards OSB
Chesterton the Prophet: Ronald Knox Remembers His Friend
to all men of good-will in my generation, the death of chesterton appears (in various degrees) like an overshadowing of the sun. his philoso...
FromtheArchives
Raphael: A Renaissance genius
raphael was, as kenneth clark put it, “one of the civilising forces of the western imagination”. for many of us, he is best known as the pai...
Gertrude Clarke
British cleric dies in suspected drug-fuelled fling with Belgian priest before papal visit
a clergyman who travelled from the uk to belgium for the recent papal visit reportedly died during an alleged drug-fuelled sexual liaison wi...
The Catholic Herald
Could the benefits of married Catholic clergy outweigh the costs?
once in a while the spectre - as it is often made out to be - of allowing married priests to be ordained into the catholic church rears its ...
Fr David Palmer
Balaclava-clad protestors 'guard' Catholic Church forcing Loyalist march to re-route
a groups of masked protestors "guarded" st. alphonsus catholic church in glasgow on saturday, forcing a loyalist remembrance day march to re...
Thomas Edwards
The Seven False Pillars of the Case for Euthanasia
campaigners for euthanasia will not go away. earlier this month, a department of health spokesperson said matt hancock, the health secretary...
Anthony Cole and John Duddington
Christians can't be bystanders in new Syria, says Maronite archbishop
archbishop joseph tobjie of aleppo says christians must play a role in building an inclusive and democratic society in syria following the f...
Crux Staff
Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Positive for Coronavirus Days Before Papal Trip
significant other risks also attend the visit, long desired by pope francis and highly anticipated by the sorely tried people of the country...
Christopher Altieri
Splendour of Siena: a spectacular show at the National Gallery in London
the splendid exhibition at the national gallery of sienese art from the glory days of the 14th century is perhaps the nearest many visitors ...
Melanie McDonagh
Farewell to Mount Melleray: lamenting the closure of a Cistercian monastery
mount melleray abbey in co waterford, ireland, closed its doors at the end of january – after nearly 200 years of service. it cannot have be...
Cillian Kelly
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