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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
Meanwhile: Saturnos and Kanye
what sort of headgear does a priest need? anything but a saturno, according to pope francis. in an exchange with jesuits in madagascar last ...
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The big story: Amazon synod prompts debate – and prayer
what happened? catholics have taken part in prayer vigils ahead of the controversial amazon synod, asking for the church to be protected fro...
Staff writers
October 4, 2019
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A 'post-human priesthood'? What a counsel of despair
the theologian josef pieper says that one of the most common errors afflicting christians is to treat god as though he were “a something” ra...
Fr Dominic Allain
Practical concern for the poor is at the heart of the Mosaic Law
the 26th sunday of the year amos 6:1 & 4-7; 1 tim 6:11-16; lk 16:19-31 (year c) throughout the gospels, and especially in luke’s gospel,...
Bishop David McGough
The Galileo legend is of a spiteful, outdated Church. The reality is more complex
on trial for reason by maurice a finocchiaro oup, 289pp, £25/$32.95 june 22, 1633, was not the happiest of days for galileo galilei, though ...
Jonathan Wright
Inside the Vatican: a fascinating programme for anyone interested in cleaning
the bbc’s inside the vatican relies, we are told in its somewhat breathless publicity, on unprecedented access to the inner workings of the ...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The symphony isn't dead - it's entering a new golden age
next time you are listening to beethoven’s fifth symphony or mahler’s second, imagine what it would have been like to be there for the first...
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Quotes of the week
"the proverbial ill wind that blows no one any good" nigerian bishops on criticism of pope francis ‘from some higher levels of the church’ c...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Vatican puts finishing touches to new constitution
what happened? the vatican has moved a step closer towards having a new constitution. pope francis’s council of cardinal advisers has b...
Staff writers
Could the Vatican-China deal undermine the Church's credibility?
last sunday marked the first anniversary of the “provisional agreement” between china and the holy see. it was the result of decades of dipl...
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The artist who saw the prophet Ezekiel in Peckham
the best known of blake’s works is that bit of his poem on milton which we know as jerusalem – the anthem of the women’s institute, the rauc...
Melanie McDonagh
Heretic of the week: Robert Browne
rather obscure today, robert browne (1550s-1633) is arguably one of the most important figures in anglo-american religious history. born to ...
Charles Coulombe
Understanding the puzzling tale of the dishonest steward
the 25th sunday of the year amos 8:4-7; 1 tim 2:1-8; lk 16:1-13 (year c) the prophet amos, who confronted the extravagant excesses of israel...
Bishop David McGough
The Polish Church is under attack, but it is standing firm
poland’s bishops recently commemorated the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war with their german counterparts. their sh...
Jonathan Luxmoore
The week in quotations
"i sensed that this thought came to me from the holy spirit" pope francis explains why he decided to give a relic of st peter to the eastern...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Chinese demolitions, forgotten conservative thinker, Amazon synod protests
in china, 18 months of demolition at asia news, fr bernardo cervellera summarised the situation of chinese catholics. it includes “churches ...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Doctor acquitted in Dutch euthanasia case
what happened? a dutch doctor has been acquitted after slipping a sedative into a patient’s coffee and then giving her a lethal injection. t...
Staff writers
September 20, 2019
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