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Abuse summit day two: How to hold bishops to account
(rome – february 22nd, 2019) “accountability”: that was the theme chosen for day 2 of the meeting for the protection of minors taking place ...
Christopher R. Altieri
Grand motets worthy of a king
michel-richard de lalande (1657-1726) succeeded jean-baptiste lully at the court of louis xiv and was in charge of dinner music, where he pr...
Jens F Laurson
The test of the summit: will whistleblowers be protected?
as the old adage goes, you don’t fatten a pig by weighing it. nor do you solve an abuse crisis simply by having summits to discuss it. it is...
Fr Dominic Allain
A masterpiece that triumphs over anything that's done to it
lucky readers of this publication won’t remember how the 1970s looked; but with its bad hair, flared jeans and depressing architecture, it w...
Michael White
Why Civilisation has lasted 50 years
"what is civilisation?” an erudite english gentleman asks the camera. “i don’t know … but i think i can recognise it when i see it.” and the...
Ed West
A culture of condemnation has replaced Christian forgiveness
what do liam neeson and ralph northam, the democratic governor of virginia, have in common? they are both being punished and reviled for act...
Ann Widdecombe
Newman should be the next Doctor of the Church
canonisations vary greatly in their significance. the canonisation of mother teresa of calcutta, who devoted her life to the care of the dyi...
Fr Ian Ker
Susan Boyle, lunchtime Mass and the Dramatists Club: a week in theatreland
ten years ago i devised a stage musical based on the film priscilla queen of the desert . we developed the script in a workshop in melbourne...
Allan Scott
How do we make sure there are no more McCarricks?
the vatican has delivered its final verdict on the former cardinal archbishop of washington, theodore mccarrick. last saturday, it announced...
The Catholic Herald
Dubia cardinals ask bishops to confront 'plague of the homosexual agenda'
catholic bishops around the world need to combat the homosexual agenda in the church, two cardinals said in an open letter addressed to the ...
Catholic News Agency
Survivors from Africa, Asia at Vatican to call for 'zero tolerance' of abuse cover-up
while studying at an african minor seminary at the age of 14, benjamin kitobo says he was abused by a belgian priest, who had been sent to a...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
Dutch cathedral may be sold due to poor attendance
st catherine’s cathedral in utrecht is expected to be closed and sold due to an ongoing decrease in attendance, as the aging building has be...
Catholic News Agency
Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/02/19
pope francis has approved the jesuits’ four priorities for the next decade . the cause of fr augustus tolton, the first african-american pri...
Luke Coppen
Cologne's cardinal warns against inventing 'a new Church'
noting the challenges facing the church in germany, cardinal rainer maria woelki of cologne told ewtn last week that amid dispute over the c...
Catholic News Agency
Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/02/19
pope francis is surrounded by people with a “courtier mentality” , cardinal gerhard müller has told der spiegel. a french judge has refused ...
Luke Coppen
How the apostles read the Jewish scriptures
when christians were jews by paula fredriksen yale, 250pp, £19.99/$27.50 how did a group of 1st-century jews, the followers of a recently cr...
Stav Sherez
It's satisfying enough, but true Agatha Christie fans should avoid The ABC Murders
despite the evident distaste of possibly the most celebrated mystery novelists of the past 80 years (pd james and georges simenon), there ca...
Carl Curtis
Mesmerising and eloquent: The Barbican's Seven Last Words of Christ reviewed
composers have always been wary of writing operas on the life of christ; and passion narratives aside, they haven’t exactly rushed to make i...
Michael White
Letters & emails
completing the circle of the reformation sir – the most recurrent themes in your columns are those questions regarding married priests, celi...
The Catholic Herald
Gold leaf on your camel burger: a visit to the UAE
one of the nice things about pope francis is that he’s not at his best with vips; in their company, he takes on a lugubrious look. with ordi...
Melanie McDonagh
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