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The Viganò affair has revealed the depth of the Church's crisis
a year ago, archbishop carlo maria viganò was a retired diplomat who was little known beyond the limited world of vaticanologists. he had re...
Fr Mark Drew
Why a parishioner uprising in Portland backfired
the sight of a dozen elderly, white, progressive catholics singing “we shall overcome” as they protested against an african priest who threw...
Jordan Bloom
Will Rome finally intervene in the troubled Diocese of Buffalo?
the protracted crisis in the us diocese of buffalo has piqued rome’s interest, as many of buffalo’s 727,000 catholics have lost confidence i...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Mérida to Melbourne
washington, dc shrine rector investigated the diocese of scranton has begun an investigation intovmgr walter rossi, the longstanding rector ...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"we never stopped imagining how beautiful our church would be, once fixed" fr george jahola on the reopening of a church desecrated by isis ...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: The gaffe that led to a vocation
in 2012, a web editor at the us sports media company espn was fired for a headline. on a story about the basketball player jeremy lin, who i...
Staff writers
The best of the web: St Bernard, Chaput, and effective preaching
how st bernard speaks to our time at charlotte was both, amy welborn wrote about st bernard of clairvaux’s de consideratione, a set of lette...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Hit film helps unexpected boom in Lourdes visitors
what happened? lourdes is experiencing a surge in visitors, helped by a successful film about the pilgrimage site. according to the times, 2...
Staff writers
August 23, 2019
The Catholic Herald
The malodorous politics behind Chanel No 5
chanel’s riviera: life, love and struggle for survival on the côte d’azur 1930-1944 by anne de courcy weidenfeld and nicolson, 304pp, £20/$2...
Ian Thomson
No chastity please, this is Amazon Prime
amazon’s prime’s the boys (8 episodes) has a contemporary setting, except for its superheroes and the fact that they’re an accepted part of ...
Carl Curtis
The Amazon synod organisers are at odds with Pope Francis
in a recent interview granted to la stampa, pope francis spoke about the synod for the amazon, which will take place in october. the synod’s...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Big families will be the next target in the culture wars
eighteen months ago i was having lunch with a well-known columnist and contrarian, when conversation turned to predictions. in particular, w...
Colin Brazier
Nigerian clergy are demanding change after a series of killings
last week, more than 200 priests of the catholic diocese of enugu, enugu state, south east nigeria, marched through the major streets in the...
The Catholic Herald
Rarely has a Vatican official spoken so bluntly on abuse
as spring 2019 turned into summer, journalists, media relations professionals and communications experts gathered for four days in st peters...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Minneapolis to Mumbai
minneapolis knights of columbus volunteered for 76m hours the knights of columbus volunteered for 76 million hours and gave $185 million in ...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Incense shortage?
bad news for sacristans this week: we could be facing an incense crisis, as the number of boswellia trees plummets. as a report in the churc...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Renewed pressure on Chinese priests
what happened? chinese clergy are coming under renewed pressure, despite the vatican’s attempts to find a middle ground, according to report...
Staff writers
The big story: US deportee dies in Iraq
what happened? jimmy aldaoud, a catholic who was deported to iraq despite never having lived there and speaking no arabic, has been found de...
Staff writers
August 16, 2019
The Catholic Herald
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