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Israel's Vatican ambassador says Pope's comments on right to self-defence filled a 'vacuum'

rome – israel’s ambassador to the vatican has voiced appreciation for pope francis’s recent remarks regarding the catastrophic surprise atta...
Elise Allen

Interview with Piers Paul Read: 'Pope Francis unquestionably provides good copy'

piers paul read, the catholic novelist and historian, has just released his new one-volume book  a history of the catholic church (whic...
Anthony McCarthy

God at the Proms: Three powerful performances in this year’s season

that this year’s proms were  big on god and death was  maybe nothing special: god and death are ever-present in the concert repert...
Michael White

US bishops call all parties to 'cessation of violence' as Biden backs Israel

new york – after an attack on israel by hamas and subsequent retaliation by israel has left more than more than 1,300 people dead and thousa...
John Lavenburg

Parolin calls for coexistence with Palestinians as Israel presses Vatican on 'ambiguities'

rome – on a day in which israel objected anew to efforts by christian leaders to be even-handed in their approach to the new war with hamas,...
Crux Staff

Crucifix of priest executed after Gunpowder Plot now on display in UK convent

leicester, united kingdom – a crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after england’s notorious gunpowder plot is currently on disp...
Charles Collins

Cecilia Marogna: Vatican trial of Becciu associate continues

rome – lawyers for one of the defendants in the vatican’s “trial of the century” for financial crimes not only insisted that their client is...
Elise Allen

Belgian Catholic bishop advocates euthanasia for the elderly

a catholic bishop in belgium has declared his support for the euthanasia of elderly people. bishop johan bonny of antwerp made a distinction...
Simon Caldwell

Pope urges permanent media blackout at Synod, saying gossip is 'anti-Holy Spirit'

rome – pope francis opened his synod on synodality by urging members to abstain from speaking to journalists in order to maintain what he sa...
Elise Allen

Two cheers for Laudate Deum, the musings of a '1960s flower child' that falls short on theology

on the feast of st francis of assisi, pope francis promulgated his apostolic exhortation,  laudate deum , expressly to complement his 2...
Ken Craycraft

Pope's new eco-manifesto slams climate sceptics and urges dramatic action to combat climate change

rome – warning that “the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point,” pope francis on wednesday released a n...
Crux Staff

'The assumption must be faced that Pope Francis is consciously breaking with the Church’s tradition'

we can’t say we weren’t warned.  on world youth day in rio de janeiro  in 2013, pope francis, excited by the crowds of young ...
Gavin Ashenden

There is nothing new about the pope's concern for the environment

with a follow-up to 'laudato si', the pope's environmental encyclical, due to be published 4 october, suzanne topham wonders what else the c...
Suzanne Topham

The problems with the Synod

the synod on synodality, which starts at the beginning of this month, is something unique in the history of the church. it is a synod about ...
The Catholic Herald

The Sino-Vatican Pact isn't working: so why does Cardinal Chow insist that it is?

this weekend should have been one of celebration for hong kong catholics – the elevation of their new bishop to the rank of cardinal. the fa...
B Rogers

Vatican's China diplomacy is working, says Hong Kong cardinal-designate

rome – cardinal-designate stephen chow of hong kong, who will receive his red hat from pope francis tomorrow, has voiced his belief that the...
Elise Allen

Lawyer in ‘trial of the century’ claims defendants treated Vatican bank ‘like a cash machine’

rome – a panel of vatican judges overseeing the trial of ten defendants for extortion and other financial crimes, dubbed the vatican's "tria...
Crux Staff

Mathematics and the Trinity?

...and why aristotle called theology a science. when i was at school, i enjoyed mathematics a lot more than pe. so when my pe teacher said m...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

Pope Francis is well-intentioned but misguided when he talks about migrants

last week president emmanuel macron hosted two prestigious figures to france and one proved more problematical than the other.  king ch...
Gavin Mortimer

Police apologise to Catholic woman six months after arrest for silent prayer

the police have finally apologised to catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion clinic in birmingham. following...
Simon Caldwell

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