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Diary: Petronella Wyatt on carrying her inner child
sometimes i think that god is very far away. i recall that the protestant martyr anne askew said, quoting christ, that he saw ever...
Petronella Wyatt
US bishops highlight lack of ‘dignity’ in modern economy this 'Labor Day'
the us holiday known as labor day – hence the american english spelling – was begun in 1882 in new york city to recognise the contributions ...
johnlavenburg
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI under medical care as health takes sudden turn
vatican city, dec 28, 2022 the vatican confirmed wednesday that pope emeritus benedict xvi has experienced a sudden decline in his health, b...
Hannah Brockhaus
Light a candle for St Benet’s Hall
once gone, st benet's hall will be impossible to replace , writes alumnus damian collins mp like all current and former students of st benet...
Damian Collins
Keep it real: Why Eucharistic teaching needs to be much more straightforward
the first communion class met before mass on sunday. nine children, aged between seven and ten, came from families with roots in nigeria, ke...
Camilla Harrison
'I've never been so sad in my life': Bishops cancel scores of confirmations amid Vatican crackdown on Old Rite
the english bishops have cancelled scores of old rite confirmations following the latest wave of restrictions from rome against traditional ...
Simon Caldwell
Court frees kidnapped Pakistani Christian girl
a 12-year-old pakistani christian girl who had been kidnapped, held in bondage, forced to convert and marry a 45-year-old man, is home after...
Staff Reporter
'A farce beyond measure': the queering of Joan of Arc
st joan of arc, the “maid of orleans”, is one of history’s greatest heroines. a mystic who led an army into battle at the age of 17 after re...
Simon Caldwell
Evangelical drug lord blamed for four Brazilian parishes inexplicably closing up
four catholic parishes in the northern part of rio de janeiro suddenly announced the suspension of all their activities between 5-7 july ami...
EduardoCamposLima
Pope 'improving' after surgery to fix hernia
pope francis is “steadily improving” two days after he underwent abdominal surgery to correct an incisional hernia, a vatican spokesman said...
Hannah Brockhaus
Pope’s end-of-year address to Church hierarchy: beware ‘rigid ideological positions’ that ‘prevent us from moving forward’
rome – in his annual christmas address to members of the roman curia, pope francis urged the church’s governing bureaucracy to be open to ch...
Elise Allen
The Exorcist frenzy
a stern-faced, dark-haired priest wielding an out-stretched crucifix spanned the front cover of the feb-ruary 11, 1974 issue of newsweek. in...
Nick Ripatrazone
Elisabeth Frink: Doing away with the bambino
a recent journey down a particularly long online rabbit hole – the kind of digression at which the internet still sometime excels – led me t...
Archie Hill
Cardinal Müller and Cardinal Burke rebuke German bishops over same-sex marriage vote
cardinal gerhard ludwig müller and cardinal raymond burke have rebuked bishops who voted in favour of church blessings for sa...
Tom Colsy
The Church transcends Trump: US bishops emphasise longterm pastoral goals
bishop michael burbidge of arlington has offered a reminder that no matter who occupies the white house the church’s advocacy and priorities...
johnlavenburg
Catholic Charities NY admits federal push to catch criminal immigrants ‘legitimate’
the head of catholic charities in the archdiocese of new york says that while the organisation is concerned for many immigrants, he also und...
johnlavenburg
Contact your local MP over assisted suicide bill, plead bishops of Lancaster and East Anglia in pastoral letters
episcopal pastoral letters against a proposed bill to legalise assisted suicide in the uk, set to be read in parliament on 29 november, keep...
Tom Colsy
The sister of prayer: Why Catholics shouldn't give up on poetry
one night in september i gave a talk to an audience of one hundred in a parish of saskatoon, canada. the next day i went on to teach eighty ...
SallyRead
The nature of God is seen in the love that took Jesus to the Cross
we always say that god is not a puzzle to be solved, but the unfathomable reality within and beyond everything that is, ever has been or eve...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Van Gogh's swirling intensity finally gets a viewing at National Gallery
"the painter of the future is a colourist such as there hasn’t been before,” vincent van gogh wrote to his brother theo shortly after he mov...
David V Barrett
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