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Catholic official responds to Trump’s claims of white 'genocide' in South Africa
a catholic official with the southern africa bishops’ conference has responded to the recent controversy surrounding the meeting between the...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
The rainbow flag and the Sacred Heart: a battle for the soul of June
the rainbow flag, flown everywhere in “pride month”, is not what it pretends to be. its ubiquitous success feeds off our naivety and gullibi...
Gavin Ashenden
The liturgy that built the West: Cosima Gillhammer’s illuminating new book
cosima gillhammer’s new book about the liturgy may well foster a renewed appreciation for what has, for many, become routine; light on darkn...
Max Lau
True freedom means letting the Holy Spirit consume us like the 12 Apostles
“and divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them” (acts 2:3) pentecost was a feast when the jews offered burn...
Fr David Howell
Brazilian nuns go viral after beatboxing on Catholic TV
sisters marizele cassiano and marisa de paula, two brazilian nuns from the copiosa redenção congregation, have gone viral after an impromptu...
Thomas Edwards
Cardinal Vincent Nichols on electing Pope Leo XIV
the election of pope leo xiv came at the end of my first and last conclave. having been made a cardinal by pope francis in 2014, i had never...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Thought for Ascension Day
“and he led them out as far as bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. while he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried...
Fr David Howell
Papabile cardinal explains his relief at not becoming pope
one of the cardinals who was considered a strong contender to be elected as the new pope to replace pope francis has spoken about his relief...
The Catholic Herald
Liverpool gets new archbishop as city grapples with chaos after car ploughs into crowd
today the mass of installation for archbishop-elect john sherrington will take place at liverpool's metropolitan cathedral of christ the kin...
The Catholic Herald
Pope's first curial appointment signals continuity with Francis on women in Church
as with any papal transition, when pope leo xiv was elected questions arose about what his priorities would be, and whether he would continu...
Elise Allen
Mel Gibson to partner with Lionsgate on ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’
the lionsgate film studio has confirmed that it will partner with mel gibson for his latest production the resurrection of the christ , the ...
The Catholic Herald
Priests overwhelmed by confessions at Catholic music festival of 40,000
a festival of catholic music drew more than 40,000 attendees to the brazilian city of santa bábara d’oeste, during which demand for confessi...
EduardoCamposLima
Pope Leo XIV embraces the legacy of the Leos and the challenge of the modern world
so far, pope leo xiv has leaned fairly heavily into the legacy of his storied predecessor, leo xiii, the long-reigning pope elected as a com...
Charles Collins
FULL TEXT: Pope Leo XIV inauguration homily
pope leo xiv delivered the following homily at the mass for the initiation of the petrine ministry held in st. peter's square on sunday, 18 ...
Pope Leo XIV
Liturgy of creation: the Catholic imagination opens up new vistas of sight and sound
one of the delights that begins to unfold in the process of becoming catholic is a growing realisation of how, within the catholic perceptiv...
Gavin Ashenden
The night the future Pope dropped in for dinner
rome – naturally enough, journalists covering the vatican tend to seek out figures in the system from their own countries or language groups...
John L Allen
Full in the panting heart of Rome: Leo XIV ascends to the Throne of the Fisherman
habemus papam . the church has a new pope: leo xiv. when the protodeacon of the college of cardinals, dominique mamberti, announced "cardina...
The Catholic Herald
Black smoke after conclave's first ballot
after a long wait among the expectant crowds gathered in st peter's square – so much so that rumours had started to build – black smoke fina...
The Catholic Herald
In Rome’s shadows, smoke and speculation: the conclave’s political ballet begins
i find myself back in rome. more than three years have passed since my last visit, but the place seems barely to have changed: steadfast; gr...
Miles Pattenden
Debating 20th-century problems in a 21st-century world: this conclave needs to catch up
one of the stories surrounding the conclave to elect pope francis’s successor – set to open on may 7 – is the unfamiliarity of the cardinal ...
Charles Collins
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