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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
Why doesn't anybody look old anymore?
thoughts of ageing press into my mind as i approach 50. university contemporaries are starting to fall ill. high blood pressure, hernia, eve...
Andrew M Brown
Prayer should be for its own sake, not for reward
as i wait for interminable minutes on the car insurance helpline, i recognise that the muzak playing is the sound of silence. is this irony,...
Fr Dominic Allain
Pray that Charlie's Law is passed
can a pair of brave but terribly sick little boys, neither of whom lived to see the age of two, move a whole nation to change unjust laws? o...
Sohrab Ahmari
Could Archbishop Gómez lead the US bishops out of the doldrums?
from 2004 until his retirement last year, michael j bransfield served as bishop of wheeling-charleston. it’s the perfect posting for a prela...
Michael Warren Davis
'We could have done better': an interview with Cardinal Versaldi
the folks at the congregation for catholic education were surprised, apparently, by the reaction to the document they released last week on ...
Christopher R. Altieri
The best of the web: Wickedness, monasticism and bad translations
the mysteries of love and wickedness at just thomism, james chastek meditated on god’s goodness and human wickedness. “the ceaseless sacchar...
Staff writers
The Amazon Synod could be overshadowed by European agendas
on monday, the vatican released the long-awaited working document for this year’s amazon synod. journalists immediately scanned the text for...
The Catholic Herald
June 21, 2019
The Catholic Herald
How to… Explain the Holy Trinity
"the mystery of the most holy trinity is the central mystery of the christian faith and of christian life," says the catechism of the cathol...
The Catholic Herald
A brief guide to the Holy Trinity
if you are challenged to explain the trinity, consider this. from all eternity, before material creation and time, god desired a communion o...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Ann Widdecombe: I was branded a 'vile' bigot for opinions I don't hold
free speech in the uk is supposedly guaranteed under article 10 of the human rights act 1998. the act specifies that such a right is limited...
Ann Widdecombe
The Church's next scandal is money
"the devil always enters by way of the pocket." it’s a phrase that pope francis often repeats. he has it on no lesser authority than that of...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Houston to Hong Kong
peoria, illinois archbishop sheen’s body will be moved as appeal fails the body of venerable fulton sheen will be moved to peoria, after a l...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Sign language, papal press conferences and Twitter's demons
clerics who helped create sign language for millennia, wrote inés antón dayas at national geographic, those “with hearing impairments encoun...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Five bishops issue 'declaration of truths'
what happened? cardinal raymond burke and three bishops from kazakhstan have signed a document aiming to affirm traditional church teaching ...
Staff writers
The big story: Vatican department speaks out against 'gender theory'
what happened? the vatican’s education department has issued a new document on gender issues, saying that the trend towards transgender iden...
Staff writers
Hurrah for the language of prostitutes, beggars, pimps – and bishops
the vatican unveiled its latest innovation last saturday: a news bulletin spoken entirely in latin. hebdomada papae (“the pope’s week”) is a...
The Catholic Herald
June 14, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/06/19
a poll has found that a quarter of us catholics have reduced their mass attendance because of the abuse crisis ( full report ). the vatican ...
Luke Coppen
Notre-Dame to celebrate first post-fire Mass on Saturday
notre-dame cathedral has announced it will celebrate its first mass on june 15, two months after a fire damaged the iconic french church. th...
Aaron Benavides
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