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The Vatican-China Agreement: When the Music Stops
pope francis has made a bad deal with the chinese government. the agreement reached with mainland authorities is not helping catholics and o...
Christopher Altieri
Hearts hardened by ideology leave no room for God, Pope says
hearts hardened by ideology, selfishness and arrogance leave no room for god, pope francis said. "the lord only goes in hearts that are like...
Carol Glatz
Priest with brain tumor 'embraces it willingly' for victims of clerical abuse
Fr John Hollowell said he wants to offer up each day of his recovery, chemotherapy, and radiation for victims of clerical abuse
Catholic News Agency
500 years later, Raphael tapestries rehung in Sistine Chapel
Five hundred years after the death of Renaissance artist Raphael, the Vatican Museums has returned the tapestries he designed to their original place in the Sistine Chapel for just one week
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
McCarrick’s coat of arms removed from Washington cathedral
Disgraced former archbishop Theodore McCarrick’s coat of arms has been earased from the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C.
Christine Rousselle & CNA
Polish bishops call for John Paul II to be named co-patron of Europe
Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, head of the Polish Episcopal Conference, is calling for St John Paul II to be declared a Doctor of the Church and a co-patron saint of Europe
Catholic News Agency
The Gospel is spread by joyful, not bitter Christians, Pope says
bitter or boring evangelisers will not help the gospel or the catholic church, pope francis said. the church and the gospel will only "move ...
Carol Glatz
Pope Francis to publish a book with reflections on St John Paul II
pope francis has co-authored a book of reflections on the life of st john paul ii to be published in italian. the book, entitled " st john p...
Howard Kiernan
Cardinal Re elected new dean of the College of Cardinals
cardinal giovanni battista re has been elected the new dean of the college of cardinals with cardinal leonardo sandri as vice-dean. re, 85, ...
Howard Kiernan
Prize crossword 0628
cryptic across 5 cutting hair first, we become carmelites (11) 7 is muse of magic lionized? (4) 8 book airline to hawaii in front of thousan...
Alun Evans
The Benedictine who provoked vampire hysteria
shapeshifters: a history by john b kachuba reaktion books, 200pp, £16/$22.50 the myth of the vampire is among the most popular in internatio...
Simon Caldwell
From Brideshead to Hogwarts: a strange architectural tour
novel houses by christina hardyment bodleian library, 240pp, £25/$40 american screenwriters are fond of the term “precinct” to refer to the ...
Matt Thorne
Even in Polynesia, Gauguin couldn’t escape his Catholic roots
when gauguin portraits ends its run at the national gallery this month, the artist will have emerged as a serious portraitist as well as a p...
Lucien de Guise
Letters: The 'international community' ignores Iraqi Christians
alarm bells ring for iraqi christians sir – i concur with john pontifex’s views in his accurate but disturbing article “caught in the middle...
The Catholic Herald
Meanwhile: A Christian revival at Liverpool
liverpool striker roberto firmino has this season cemented his status as one of premier league’s best strikers. but last week he declared th...
Staff writers
Week ahead: Homelessness, John Bosco and Irish music
tonight sees the launch of catholic theological ethics and street homelessness by rosanne haggerty, described as the first book to look at “...
Staff writers
Modi has nothing to fear from a papal visit
it is more than 20 years since a pope set foot in india. in 1999, an ailing pope john paul ii made what reporters called a “tense” visit to ...
The Catholic Herald
Nelson Perez is the new Archbishop of Philadelphia
bishop nelson perez of cleveland has been appointed as the new archbishop of philadelphia, returning to the local church of his priestly ord...
Catholic News Agency
Dominican seminarians teach the world to sing – in Latin
young seminarians from switzerland have been surprised by the powerful global response to their new youtube channel , accessible in english,...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis condemns clerics who engage in simony
in a homily on tuesday, pope francis condemned priests and bishops who use money to advance their careers. to be a priest or bishop, like be...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
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