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Word this Week
the fifteenth sunday of the year deut 30:10-14 ; col 1:15-20; lk 10:25-37 (year c) "christ jesus is the image of the unseen god and the firs...
Bishop David McGough
Prize crossword 0447
cryptic across 7 country girl is able to move forward (6) 8 more idiotic, comparatively barmy, but not around the bend (6) 9 inclination whe...
Alun Evans
Christians must break down walls of fear and aggression, says Pope
The Pope has delivered a video message to participants at the "Together for Europe" gathering in Munich
Catholic News Service
Cardinal Sarah asks priests to start celebrating Mass facing east this Advent
The Vatican's liturgy chief said priests should view the proposed change as 'something good for the Church, something good for our people'
Dan Hitchens
Brexit may put British pilgrimages to Lourdes under threat
Losing the European insurance card would mean sick pilgrims having to bear the full costs of healthcare themselves
Dr Michael Moran
Indifference to suffering is a 'spiritual lethargy that numbs the mind', says Francis
The Pope said a lack of mercy 'makes life barren' at an audience in St Peter's Square
Junno Arocho Esteves
‘Why can’t we choose our own Patriarch?’
The Pope has appointed Franciscans to two of the most prestigious posts in the Holy Land. Neither speaks Arabic, so what's going on?
Jill, Duchess of Hamilton
Mass Readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, july 3: 14th sunday in ordinary time is 66:10-14c; ps 66; gal 6:14-18; lk 10:1-12, 17-20 monday,...
The Catholic Herald
Pastor Iuventus
brexit: the view from france in the days immediately following brexit i am in france, in the valley of the sarthe river, near le mans, whenc...
Pastor Iuventus
Music: Making Messiaen sing in the dead of night
musicians aren’t expected to be early risers. so it was bizarre that last week at the aldeburgh festival , the pianist pierre-laurent aimard...
Michael White
Theatre: A Richard III who takes his tyranny seriously
shakespeare’s richard iii has always been popular with actors and audiences. richard burbage and david garrick scored a huge success. so did...
Robert Tanitch
Briefly noted
the case for jesus by brant pitre (image books, £16). the author, professor of sacred scripture at notre dame seminary in new orleans, provi...
Staff writers
Pope: we ought to apologise to gay people
christians must ask forgiveness for ways they have discriminated against gay people or fostered hostility towards them, pope francis has sai...
Staff writers
Newman centre to open in Dublin
a centre for faith and reason named after blessed john henry newman is to be opened in dublin. the centre is an initiative of notre dam...
Staff writers
Mary Kenny: A time to heal
there’s a chapter in the book of ecclesiastes which is often read at funerals and the committal of ashes, and which begins: “to every thing ...
Mary Kenny
On TV, a good Catholic is hard to find
it’s been 15 years since president josiah bartlet stood in a deserted cathedral and railed against his creator. the flawed hero of the west ...
Jonathan Wright
It’s not Confession that’s torture
pope francis likes to remind us that the confessional is not supposed to be “a torture chamber, but rather an encounter with the lord’s merc...
Tim Stanley
Saint of the week: St Junípero Serra (July 1)
washing indians’ feet miguel josé serra was born in 1713 in the spanish town of petra. influenced by st francis of assisi and the missionary...
Staff Reporter
Word this Week
the fourteenth sunday of the year is 66:10-14; gal 6:14-18; lk 10:1-12 (year c) the result of the recent referendum has come as a surprise t...
Bishop David McGough
Stuart Reid: Down with people power
smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget. for we are the people of england, that never have spoken yet. the secret people, gk c...
Stuart Reid
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