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A fresco to guide us through these dark times
on the first easter morning, christ’s followers were mourning, and his despairing apostles hid in a locked room. the broken and bloodied cor...
Michele Bregande
A terrible pope but a patron of genius
pope julius ii, the “warrior pope”, was the most successful – and fortunate – artistic patron of the high renaissance in rome. but we cannot...
Stephen Withnell
Best of the web: The response to the Notre-Dame fire
parisians knelt to pray, even as the flames rose at his blog, william newton reflected on the scenes in paris after the fire broke out. “hun...
The Catholic Herald
For music lovers, Versailles is the place to spend Holy Week
catholics will, one hopes, have spent the easter triduum on their knees with open hearts. but those who also managed open ears might have ob...
Michael White
Pope Francis: If you do not forgive, God will not forgive you
to stop the spread of evil in the world, catholics must go above and beyond, loving and forgiving others even when it is undeserved, pope fr...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
When it comes to curial reform, one dicastery must always reign supreme
a senior papal adviser let slip that the reform of the vatican bureaucracy with which his electors tasked pope francis at the start of his p...
Christopher R. Altieri
Why did our secular elites refuse to call the Sri Lanka martyrs Christians?
many were surprised by the arm’s length way in which many politicians described catholic martyrs in the sri lanka bombings. yet as william c...
C C Pecknold
Pontius Pilate couldn't wash the guilt from his own hands. None of us can
millions breathed a collective sigh of relief to learn that the relic of the crown of thorns was saved from notre dame de paris. where did i...
C C Pecknold
Cardinal Tobin: Catechism language 'very unfortunate' on homosexuality
the archbishop of newark said wednesday that the language used by the catechism of the catholic church to describe homosexual acts is “very ...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis urges inmates to be at service to one another
pope francis celebrated the mass of the lord’s supper at a prison in the suburbs of rome thursday, urging the inmates to reflect on how they...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Easter: a season for singing and dancing
the sacred triduum is behind us, with its shadows, deprivation and purifying lamentation. renewed, we now enter a liturgical season of light...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The Word this Week: Our alienation and the Father's gift
solemnity of the resurrection the scriptures throughout the easter liturgy, beginning with the easter vigil itself, tell our story. it is a ...
Bishop David McGough
Wren brought Rome to London – without ever going there
sir christopher wren by paul rabbitts shire publications, 96pp, £9.99/$14 displaying a typically victorian aversion to the classicising aest...
James Baresel
The Nobel laureate who brought the Gospel to his atheist readers
we should not be surprised if a major catholic writer reflects on the great mysteries of his faith. françois mauriac (1885-1970) was awarded...
Francis Phillips
'We do not want pretty pictures': What Munch meant by the Scream
most people assume that the figure in edvard munch’s the scream is screaming. it’s not. it’s reacting to an event: “i felt a great scream pa...
David V Barrett
Benedict's statement lays bare the Church's divisions
benedict xvi’s decision to break his silence cannot have been made lightly. at the time of his resignation, the former pope announced his in...
Matthew Schmitz
A century ago, the war was our hidden national trauma. Today it's dementia
a hundred years ago britain was in trauma: there was hardly a family in the land that had not been left bereaved by the first world war. als...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
As their freedoms disappear, how long can Hong Kong's Christians hold out?
on march 30, hundreds of hong kong christians prayed on a way of the cross march for nine activists facing jail after calling for democracy....
Benedict Rogers
The east London tower block with daily Adoration
every friday night an international group of sisters who live on the 13th floor of an east london tower block open their doors for a communi...
Bernadette Kehoe
Meanwhile: Yes, encyclicals are getting longer
catholics sometimes wonder whether papal encyclicals have got rather long in recent decades. now a researcher has confirmed the trend. sharo...
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