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Synod participants emphasise role of women in Church mustn't eclipse need to involve all laity
those taking part in the synod of bishops have emphasised that despite women’s ordination being removed from this year’s discussion there ar...
Elise Allen
Two-Step Devil by Jamie Quatro is full of surprises
although her fiction was jarring and memorable, flannery o’connor’s nonfiction is also rich: replete with sharp insights about culture and c...
Nick Ripatrazone
FSSP fraternity of traditional priests to receive apostolic visitation from Vatican
the priestly fraternity of saint peter (fssp) has announced that it will receive an apostolic visitation from the vatican. in a communique p...
The Catholic Herald
'Don't place limits on pursuit of truth', Pope tells university professors
brussels – pope francis has told university professors in brussels that institutes of higher education must be inclusive amid diversity and ...
Elise Allen
A variable set of Summer performances, from Holst to Britten
the music world likes a decent anniversary, something to focus on. prominent among the anniversaries this year has been the 150th of gustav ...
Michael White
Cardinal Parolin warns European project is neglecting Catholicism to its own detriment
with pope francis now embarked on his trip to luxembourg and belgium, cardinal secretary of state pietro parolin set the stage and alluded t...
Crux Staff
Understanding the Orthodox Christian worldview motivating Vladimir Putin in war with Ukraine
it seems a good, if not vital, moment to try and look beyond the narrow analysis of the dreadful war in ukraine provided by the vast majorit...
Mark Jenkins
How the Church’s vast talent pool contributes to Vatican's dysfunction
fans of the roma soccer team, one of the two professional squads in the eternal city, are in a grumpy mood these days. in part that’s becaus...
John L Allen
The Liberation Line: Vital railways in wartime France
the liberation line christian wolmar atlantic books, £25, 384 pages in the liberation line transport journalist and historian christian wolm...
Timothy Mayer
Scandal-struck diocese making 'significant' safeguarding progress, says watchdog
the agency which oversees safeguarding in the catholic church as reported “significant progress” in standards in the diocese of hexham and n...
The Catholic Herald
Bring on the Jubilee of Pizza Makers!
rome – though it was largely frowned out by the verdict on medjugorje released thursday, on the same day the vatican also published an initi...
John L Allen
Van Gogh's swirling intensity finally gets a viewing at National Gallery
"the painter of the future is a colourist such as there hasn’t been before,” vincent van gogh wrote to his brother theo shortly after he mov...
David V Barrett
Apostolic Nuncios, the papal 'ambassadors', come under the spotlight
the vatican has established a study group that will evaluate the role and function of apostolic nuncios, the papal representatives of the ch...
Nirmala Carvalho
Morality tales and divas at this year’s Venice Film Festival
the catholic church has had a front row seat at previous editions of the venice film festival with the likes of the controversial spotlight ...
Frank Mannion
Levitation and bilocation: a courageous history of supernatural belief
when i first came across carlos eire’s recent book they flew , i was awestruck at the courage of the man. he is a catholic historian and a p...
Gavin Ashenden
Wolfgang Smith (1930-2024): Physicist, mathematician and philosopher who helped people make better sense of the world
the catholic physicist, mathematician and philosopher wolfgang smith died in july. as a physicist, smith laid the theoretical foundations fo...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Catholic convert who voiced Darth Vader departs this galaxy: James Earl Jones dies aged 93
james earl jones, the renowned us actor whose “beautifully sonorous tones” also lent themselves to creating the personality of the iconic st...
The Catholic Herald
Diary: Petroc Trelawny on Devon and Cornwall
plymouth was so badly bombed in the blitz that when it came to post-war reconstruction, the planners decided they would forget much of the o...
Petroc Trelawny
Ex-prosecutor behind Rochdale grooming gang crackdown steps down from safeguarding post
the former prosecutor who led the crackdown on the notorious rochdale grooming gang has stepped down as head of the english and welsh cathol...
Simon Caldwell
Pope Francis shares jovial meeting with brother Jesuits in Jakarta
pope francis met with fellow members of the jesuit order during his first full day in indonesia which was spent in the capital city of jakar...
Crux Staff
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