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Perhaps I should leave teaching to the trained professionals
i have sat in numerous hospital waiting rooms over the past few weeks trying to get to the bottom of why one of my children spends most of t...
Olenka Hamilton
Pope Benedict participates in Mass from bed as his condition stabilises
benedict xvi participated in mass from his bed yesterday, the vatican has revealed amid speculation that the pope emeritus is dying. matteo ...
Simon Caldwell
The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral was a struggle for the soul of France
on sunday, notre dame de paris will be re-opened, re-ordered after the inferno that overcame her. as darkness fell over paris on 15 april 20...
Gavin Ashenden
On Pilgrimage With: Sir Stephen Hough
where would you go? probably assisi. i know what has become known as “the franciscan spirit” is really a later, softer invention or adaptati...
The Catholic Herald
Rubens and the Classical world
rubens: picturing antiquity davide gasparotto, jeffrey spier, anne t woollett getty publications, £30, 192 pages this handsomely-produced bo...
Robert Beddard
Pope in face of demographic winter: without an improved birth rate, Italy has no future
pope francis lamented italy’s drastically declining birth rate at the opening of an initiative by the forum of family associations. since th...
Tommaso Pozzi
Take a leaf out of the US Catholic playbook: Campus ministry at our universities can help save the Church
catholics under 24 years old are precipitating the decline of the church, according to highly-quoted research carried out by the pew researc...
Katie Ascough
"Jesus walks for me": Pope Francis leads Stations of the Cross in Lisbon
lisbon – in an off-the-cuff speech to young people praying the “way of the cross” with him in lisbon friday, pope francis said the cross is ...
Elise Ann Allen
Seeds of hope in a barren wasteland
the vanishing: faith, loss, and the twilight of christianity in the land of the prophets by janine di giovanni publicaffairs, £22.99, 272 pa...
Gerard Russell
Pope concelebrates Feast of St Joseph in hospital chapel
on wednesday morning the pope concelebrated mass for the liturgical solemnity of saint joseph in the chapel attached to his private suite on...
Elise Allen
The Seven Deadly Sins
anthony kenny introduces our new mini-series. moralists and theologians enjoy attaching numbers to quite abstract entities, such as the four...
Anthony Kenny
Close to Jesus at the last
the suffering of the ukrainian people is one with the passion of the lord, writes bishop kenneth nowakowski when we reflect on the passion o...
Kenneth Nowakowski
Catholic wins $12.7 million in religious discrimination case over COVID-19 vaccine refusal
a catholic woman has received $12.7 million in compensation after she was sacked from her job for refusing the covid vaccine for religious r...
Thomas Edwards
Jordan Peterson's Twitter spat with Pope Francis
a few days ago there was a twitter spat between jordan peterson (3.9 million followers) and pope francis (18.9 million followers, not includ...
Gavin Ashenden
A good Pope, and a good man
every pope leaves a distinctive mark on the church, and in the case of benedict xvi, the extent and value of his legacy will only be fully a...
The Catholic Herald
Can the Sacrament of Reconciliation even extend to Rudolf Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz?
the key theme this ash wednesday is that ashes symbolise death and penitence. recent events in israel have reminded us of the continual plig...
Angus Milne
Vatican dismisses worries about Pope's eyesight after Lisbon problems
fátima – after pope francis set aside a prepared speech in lisbon on friday morning, citing problems with his eyesight amid poor lighting, c...
Elise Ann Allen
Reimagining Saint Sebastian: from Pretorian Guard to artistic lodestar
today the church commemorates saint sebastian, a 3rd-century member of the pretorian guard of the pagan emperor diocletian, who, on discover...
Peter Ogwen Jones
Nigerian bishop warns country risks turning into a sprawling charnel house
yaoundè, cameroon – a leading african prelate has stated that the lack of political will to end rising insecurity in nigeria “is turning our...
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Rupnik dismissed from Jesuits
the priest and artist father marko rupnik, accused of the physical and psychological abuse of numerous religious sisters, was dismissed from...
Hannah Brockhaus
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