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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
Overlooked: Benedict XVI defends essay on abuse crisis
what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has defended his interpretation of the abuse crisis, in a brief statement four months after his or...
Staff writers
The big story: Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals
what happened? pope francis has announced 13 new cardinals, 10 of them under 80 and so able to vote for his eventual successor. in his unexp...
Staff writers
With the new cardinals, the next conclave will be unlike any other
pope francis was on his way to make an important announcement on sunday when something peculiar happened. for several minutes pilgrims gathe...
The Catholic Herald
Committees won't solve the crisis of Eucharistic faith
recently the pew research center released a study with alarming implications. it showed that some 7 out of 10 american catholics who at...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
World News: From Wheeling to West Papua
wheeling, virginia new bishop of troubled diocese addresses scandals the new bishop of the troubled wheeling-charleston diocese has asked hi...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
that forest lung is vital for our planet pope francis on the amazon fires angelus address you’ll find an operations manager who says, ‘...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Exorcists' uproar over Fr Sosa comments
✣ in 2017, there was a brief furore when the superior general of the jesuits, fr arturo sosa, opined that “we have formed symbolic...
Staff writers
The best of the web: An indestructible shrine, Christian marriage, McCarrick questions
shrine weathers more than one storm at asia news, cần giờ parish reported uplifting news from vietnam: around 80,000 people went to the cele...
Staff writers
The big story: Cardinal Pell's appeal fails
what happened cardinal george pell will attempt to make a final appeal against his conviction for child abuse, after the victoria supreme co...
Staff writers
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
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