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The 'Te Deum' that needs 1,000 musicians
what makes an agnostic composer, with no strong connections to any faith, devote eight years of his life to composing a symphony requiring –...
The Catholic Herald
Prize crossword 0612
cryptic across 6 kinky hermaphrodites have no deviant harm, admitted 18d’s wicked accuser (10) 8 without hesitation, as they say, meet at ph...
Alun Evans
Why ever more priests are declining to become bishops
this friday, september 27, william joensen will be ordained the new bishop of des moines, iowa. fr bill and i have taught together for more ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Why the German bishops are in such a hurry
tensions between rome and the german bishops are high at the moment, with repeated warnings from several high-ranking curial officials and o...
Christopher R. Altieri
The big story: Influential priest accused of 'ambiguity'
what happened? archbishop charles chaput of philadelphia has criticised the influential priest-author fr james martin, saying his work ...
Staff writers
Prize crossword 0611
cryptic across 7 dog one from strasbourg (8) 8 chap’s going back to the old country (4) 9 how americans familiarize with the east (6) 10 jus...
Alun Evans
The big story: Pope Francis: 'I'm not afraid of schism'
what happened? pope francis has raised the prospect of schism, telling reporters that it is a constant possibility in the church. answering ...
Staff writers
Prize crossword 0610
cryptic across 5 acts that define the proconsul of achaia? (6) 7 old imperial port old quack imbibed in booth (6) 9 numbers giant among obse...
Alun Evans
The man who was the English-speaking world's gateway to the popes
to the question, “how many people actually work in the vatican?”, pope john xxiii supposedly replied, “about half.” it has become part of ca...
Fr Dominic Allain
The audiobook revolution began in 1952
audiobook publishing is booming. last year publishers took in nearly a billion dollars, up 28 per cent from the previous one. the smartphone...
Deal Hudson
Prize crossword 0609
cryptic across 5 chap in desert mob checked for jerusalem court (9) 8 authorized version, in jude, it’s odd in there’s a sense that it’s bee...
Alun Evans
The shadowy eggheads who transformed warfare
under every leaf by william beaver biteback, 340pp, £9.99/$14.95 most students of history will be familiar with the enormous extension of eu...
Patrick West
The strange allure of Marianne Williamson
the democratic primary is what might be generously called a clown show. there are candidates with a serious chance of winning the nomination...
Steve Larkin
The logic behind Pope Francis's cardinal appointments
the creation of cardinals used to be fairly predictable, as red hats were given to “cardinalatial” sees and the more senior and historic off...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The week in quotations
"these purported apparitions, messages and miracles are, in fact, a fabrication" bishop michael olson of fort worth, texas, on alleged appar...
Staff writers
Prize crossword 0608
cryptic across 5 licentious nature of the monasteries in the 16th century? (11) 7 dairy produce one finds in buffet area (4) 8 dig in about ...
Alun Evans
Prize crossword 0607
cryptic across 7 sanctimonious and dead, this roman procurator (6) 8 one that crashed into the sea is coming from iran initially – american ...
Alun Evans
The anti-clerical poet who inspired conversions to Catholicism
how should one evaluate the relationship of a poet with the church, when his verse is either obscure or plainly hostile to organised religio...
Benjamin Ivry
The big story: Scholars' letter increases pressure on JPII Institute
what happened? the dispute over the fate of the john paul ii institute has escalated, after 49 scholars objected to the changes. the institu...
Staff writers
Prize crossword 0606
cryptic across 1 notice earth’s in turmoil in haydn’s piece (3,8) 8 enthusiastic type, before dull american put off half the continent (7) 9...
Alun Evans
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