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Prize crossword 0556
cryptic across 5 saul’s daughter finds setter near pub, reflecting (5) 6 river enterprise venture’s taken off (5) 8 one in two with uncommon...
Alun Evans
'This is for all the kids!': innocent priest attacked in sacristy
Fr Basil Hutsko, who is not suspected of abuse, was knocked unconscious by an unknown attacker
Catholic News Service
Pope Francis's letter on abuse was not enough. We need action
The Pope must come up with a concrete plan to address the crisis
Christopher R. Altieri
Turkey's Christians are facing increasing persecution. We cannot forget them
The case of Pastor Brunson shows the challenges that Christians face under Erdogan
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Was the US right to drop the atomic bombs? The answer is more difficult than you think
Ethical issues around the bombings have never been resolved
Francis Phillips
How the Church's 'harsh beauty' shaped two rock stars
No matter how hard they try, Sting and 'the Boss' can't seem to leave the faith behind
Michael Duggan
France: The clerical migration crisis
african dioceses are increasingly reluctant to send priests to europe when fr joseph longo arrived in france from the democratic republic of...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Diary: by Andrew M Brown
"soft refreshing rain” – those words popped into my head when the first thunderstorms of this summer broke. as in the hymn: we plough the fi...
Andrew M Brown
Just the thought made me sweat
in hindsight it was inevitable. but at the time i couldn’t think of anything more calamitous than becoming catholic. i was studying at an an...
Tyler Blankski
Rock stars who can’t leave the faith behind
"pope francis is a true rock star.” who says? an actual rock star. sting, formerly of the police, attended a general audience recently and w...
Michael Duggan
Music: The quartet with a boy band’s swagger
no one has ever come up with a convincing explanation of what makes a conductor and an orchestra a good fit; but when the chemistry works, y...
Michael White
Feted by his fans, abused by racists
making oscar wilde by michèle mendelssohn, oup, 360pp, £20 in january 1882, oscar wilde toured america with a trunkful of lace-trimmed velve...
Ian Thomson
A place where mobile phones don’t buzz
historical noir by barry forshaw, no exit, 220pp, £9.99 as we rush headlong into an uncertain future that seems at once both disorientating ...
Stav Sherez
Prize crossword 0555
cryptic across 3 shanghai’s media circus? (5-4) 7 jazz fan about fifty’s fallen for soft rock (4) 8 nastiest manifestation of a giant (8) 9 ...
Alun Evans
Pope names new deputy Secretary of State
Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra will take up a key role in the Vatican
Staff Reporter
The shallow arguments against religion that refuse to die
Malkin is like one of those tiresome people who accost you in a bar
Francis Phillips
A novelist who loved to keep the reader guessing
If you haven't tried Henry James, the master of ambiguity, this summer would be a good time to start
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The Church already has the tools to deal with failing bishops. But will anyone use them?
The Church needs to be willing to act, and use structures already in place
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Music: Youth and experience in the Swiss mountains
gala concerts can be self-indulgent, over-long, and a complete dog’s dinner when it comes to repertoire. but they can also be extraordinary ...
Michael White
A new approach unlocks the Russian enigma
the tragedy of property by maxim trudolyubov, polity, 226pp, £17.99 in the mid 1990s i did a stint in the bbc’s moscow bureau. it was high s...
Robin Aitken
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