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Father Hesburgh's flawed legacy
a picture is worth a lifetime of words. so it is with the famous photograph from 1964 taken at a civil rights rally at soldier field in chic...
Fr Raymond de Souza
What our prisons say about us
winston churchill said that “the mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailin...
Andrew M Brown
Prize crossword 0593
cryptic across 5 place in honour of herod’s dad non-pc participants find revolting... (10) 7 ...and others find limited, as expressed in rom...
The Catholic Herald
Time and eternity met in Les Murray's sacramental poetry
god, at the end of prose, somehow be our poem – when forebrainy consciousness goes. – les murray, “you find you can leave it all”, in consci...
Anian Christoph Wimmer
Prize crossword 0592
cryptic across 7 close to death, drugs tom’s taken with a greek spirit (6) 8 heading east, team from brussels is first to discover old roman...
Alun Evans
Analysis: The weaknesses of the papal heresy letter
on april 30, a group of 19 catholics released an open letter to the bishops of the world, accusing the pope of heresy and demanding that the...
Ed Condon/CNA
Prize Crossword 0591
cryptic across 6 how the angel appeared to end maria’s torment? (2,1,5) 8 staggering move to gain influence (4) 9 close, and familiar with k...
Alun Evans
Vatican newspaper appoints new editorial board for women's magazine
the vatican newspaper, l'osservatore romano, named a new director and editorial board for its women's magazine, "women-church-world." the an...
Carol Glatz
Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/05/19
cardinal malcolm ranjith has accused sri lanka’s leaders of indulging in “blame games” after the easter sunday bombings. isis leader abu bak...
Luke Coppen
Why Benedict by-passed the Vatican
the essay on sexual abuse by pope emeritus benedict xvi merits attention for its analysis of the ecclesial and cultural trends that led to t...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Heretic of the week: Michael Servetus
michael servetus (1509-1553) was a spanish theologian, scientist and scholar, who had a talent for meeting the rich and famous, and an ultim...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0589
cryptic across 3 with student getting kicked out, the moral blow upset nathanael, maybe, said john (11) 7 certain churches require pretty go...
Alun Evans
A surprise resignation won't resolve Steubenville's tensions
the president of franciscan university of steubenville tendered his resignation on friday april 5, prompting a search for a new leader for a...
Jordan Bloom
Dispute over Papal Foundation’s $25 million grant approval continues
scrutiny continues for the u.s.-based papal foundation, amid questions of whether some of its grant activity was motivated by a desire to se...
Kevin Jones/CNA
The fire brigade chaplain who saved the Crown of Thorns
a fire brigade chaplain has been hailed a hero after saving the blessed sacrament and crown of thorns from the burning cathedral of notre da...
Staff Reporter
Prize crossword 0588
cryptic across 5 paul’s relative shredding of union cards (10) 7 minerva’s equivalent article another included to make a point (6) 8 mark is...
Alun Evans
Meanwhile: A blessing for 50,000 bikers
it's motorbike season, and you’d better not start your engine without a blessing. a huge ceremony took place on sunday in poland at the shri...
Staff writers
Welcome to the Daily Herald
my wife and i began the first six years of the 21st century in england. as americans, we’d fallen in love with another country, with the cus...
C C Pecknold
How Lucetta Scaraffia lost the battle over the Vatican women's magazine
a kerfuffle erupted last week when the editor of the vatican newspaper’s monthly women’s magazine supplement abruptly quit, claiming she wou...
Christopher R. Altieri
Pope Francis orders Vatican officials to report suspected child abuse
(rome—29 march 2019) pope francis issued new child protection legislation on friday, a little more than a month after promising the new meas...
Christopher R. Altieri
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