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Mexico's bishops call for search for missing priest
The priest has been missing from Coahuila state, an area renowned for cartel violence, for a week
Associated Press
Restoring Church of the Nativity is like 'touching heaven', say workers
The restoration project at the the site traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic
Associated Press
'I don't like travelling, but papal visits encourage seeds of hope,' says Pope
Francis made the comments in a book reflecting on his pilgrimages as Pontiff
Associated Press
The Magi embody all those who long for God, says Pope Francis
On the feast of the Epiphany Francis said the Wise Men were 'guided by an inner restlessness'
Junno Arocho Esteves
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/01/17
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online how sherlock holmes deduced the afterlife at the national catholic register, sherlock holmes fan da...
Staff writers
Prince: persecution of Christians overlooked
prince charles has said that the scale of anti-christian persecution is “not widely appreciated” and that for many people in the middle east...
Staff writers
How the liturgical calendar freed me from drudgery
we all have rituals by which we bury the old year and unveil the new. i end each year fighting with my roof. i have a 100ft pine tree in the...
Chene Heady
Mary Kenny: The fall that opened my eyes
it’s said, from old times, that “pride comes before a fall”: in my case, carelessness and haste precede a fall, and i mean that quite litera...
Mary Kenny
The spiritual masterpiece that beat the censors
this year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of boris pasternak’s classic novel, doctor zhivago. problems with russian censorship...
Francis Phillips
Film: A barmy film with genuine emotional impact
endless poetry (15, 128 mins, ★★★ ) the new year is generally a good time to be a cinema lover. our picture houses suddenly beco...
Will Gore
Theatre: The art world satire that never gets old
art, at the old vic in london, is a play about art and friendship, but mostly about friendship. don’t let the 5ft by 4ft white canvas with w...
Dr David Cowan
Music: A legendary diva’s disappointing farewell
when a much-loved singer knows her time is up and says farewell to a stage where she’s triumphed over the years, you want it to be an occasi...
Michael White
The city where the book review was born
istanbul: a tale of three cities by bettany hughes, weidenfeld and nicolson, £25 ‘rome never fell, it simply moved 854 miles east,” is just ...
Stav Sherez
Word This Week
epiphany of the lord is 60:1-6; eph 3:2-3 & 5-6; mt 2:1-12 (year a) ‘arise, shine out jerusalem, for your light has come. above you the ...
Bishop David McGough
John Jolliffe: Why are left-wing dictators OK?
the death of fidel castro in november was greeted by effusive tributes, not just from the likes of jeremy corbyn and the 92-year-old jimmy c...
John Jolliffe
My favourite books of the past year
so much of life, particularly today, constitutes an unconscious conspiracy against reading. lack of time, the pressure of our jobs and elect...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
How the liturgical calendar freed me from drudgery
'I was marching to the beat of empty, secular time. I needed to find a new approach to life'
Chene Heady
Scorsese's Silence has an unexpected relevance to the Communion debate
The film handles questions of sin, doctrine and mercy which are at the heart of today's controversies
Dan Hitchens
When will our politicians and religious leaders come up with a coherent response to terrorism?
2017 is set to be another bleak year unless serious progress in tackling terrorism is made
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
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