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Does bishop’s intervention herald pushback against Irish synodal process?
the bishop of waterford and lismore, alphonsus cullinan, has said the irish national synthesis sent to rome revealed “an attitude to what co...
The Catholic Herald
Will consistory decide next Pope, as Erdő, Tagle and Zuppi still front runners?
as saturday’s consistory gets under way, the first time many cardinals will meet may present the opportunity to decide francis’s successor o...
Staff Reporter
'A farce beyond measure': the queering of Joan of Arc
st joan of arc, the “maid of orleans”, is one of history’s greatest heroines. a mystic who led an army into battle at the age of 17 after re...
Simon Caldwell
Erdő and Tagle: still in pole position to succeed Francis after Ouellet allegation
cardinal marc ouellet – a potential successor to the pope and a noted conservative from canada – may now be ruled out of the papal successio...
Staff Reporter
An African Pope – Cardinals Sarah and Turkson could beat Tagle
as rumours abound about the possible resignation of pope francis, the pope’s appointment of 16 new voting cardinals will further stack the o...
Staff Reporter
Is Cardinal Zen a bargaining chip for Beijing in Vatican deal?
cardinal joseph zen - a long-standing critic of the vatican’s accommodation with the chinese communist party (ccp) - has now has his trial d...
The Catholic Herald
Anthony Scaramucci – from the Trump White House to the Crypto Market
you might remember him as president trump’s director of communications who was sacked after 11 days in the white house. but “the mooch” has ...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Seeing Spain's history through art
incomparable realms: spain during the golden age, 1500-1700 jeremy robbins reaktion books, £25, 464 pages spain’s golden age spanned the rei...
William Davage
Leaving space for the music
imagining the end of time is never a productive exercise but a temptation that attracts us all – including young composers like the noted to...
Michael White
The marvels of Campion Hall, Oxford
the jesuits originally arrived in oxford in 1793 when they opened a small chapel dedicated to st ignatius in st clements. they surrendered r...
Michael Hodges
Immigration cannot save Catholic Church in the West
the catholic church in the anglosphere and western europe is in no small part today being propped up by immigration, but this is not a long-...
The Catholic Herald
The Synodal Path can't defeat demographics
the vatican came out swinging last week against the german synodal path . the holy see issued a statement, warning that the movement - desig...
The Catholic Herald
Pope’s College of Cardinals is becoming less European
pope francis represented a significant break from previous popes. although of italian descent, the pope comes from latin america and this ha...
The Catholic Herald
Pope condemns abortion but not those who advocate for abortion access
in a wide-ranging interview with reuters, pope francis sought to quash resignation rumours but may have only ignited them further, and while...
The Catholic Herald
Catholics cannot reject liturgical reforms of Vatican II, Pope says in new letter
catholics cannot say they accept the reforms second vatican council while rejecting its liturgy, pope francis has said in a fresh assault on...
CNA Staff
A formula for life
listening to the commentariat reacting to the infant-formula shortage in america earlier this month, it struck me just how unbearably compli...
Olenka Hamilton
Off the Beton track: Confession reviewed
confession (2022) should work. it has a reasonable director, david beton (the hatton garden job), and a decent cast: colm meaney and stephen...
Arabella Byrne
Photos of Palestine tell a troubled tale
the bride: an illustrated history of palestine 1850-1948 by roger hardy anthony eyre, £15, 320 pages this account of a momentous century in ...
Piers Brendon
Partnering for Peace
it is common knowledge that our island’s deep-rooted relationship with catholicism spans hundreds of years, stretching all the way back to t...
Kemi Badenoch MP
America's military complex
uncertain ground: citizenship in an age of endless, invisible war by phil klay penguin, $27, 272 pages leaving the marine corps in 2009 to e...
A S H Smyth
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