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Herald Top 10: CC Pecknold: Thank God for courageous priests like Fr George Kuforiji
the lutheran pastor and humorist hans fiene recently remarked “the most obnoxious protestants in the world are liberal boomer catholics.” th...
C C Pecknold
Pope at Christmas Night Mass: ‘Tonight the love of God has been revealed’
christmas night tells each person, no matter how poor or sinful, that they are utterly and totally loved by god, pope francis said as he cel...
Cindy Wooden
In new interview, Cardinal Marx speaks on same-sex blessings
cardinal reinhard marx has expressed the view that homosexual couples can receive a church blessing “in the sense of a pastoral accompanimen...
Catholic News Agency
Legion of Christ says 33 of its priests sexually abused minors
since its founding in 1941, 33 priests of the legionaries of christ committed sexual abuse of minors, victimizing 175 children, according to...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis accepts resignation of dean of cardinals, sets 5-year term limit
pope francis has accepted the resignation of cardinal angelo sodano as dean of the college of cardinals and declared that the position will ...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
CDF official: Anthropology and Scripture document is not ‘open’ to same-sex unions
the secretary of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, archbishop giacomo morandi, said friday that a new document by the pontific...
Catholic News Agency
Benedict XVI creates foundation for Catholic journalism in Germany
in what came as a surprise to many members of the catholic elite in germany, pope emeritus benedict xvi has launched a foundation for cathol...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis installs cross in Vatican for migrants who died in Mediterranean
pope francis has hung a cross encircled by a life jacket inside a vatican building in memory of migrants and refugees who have lost their li...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
What Christmas has to do with trade deals
" o admirabile commercium : o marvellous exchange! man’s creator has become man, born of a virgin. we have been made sharers in the divinity...
Fr Dominic Allain
Christmas is the most perfect expression of divine gentleness
christmas – mass during the night is 9:1-6; ps 96; titus 2:11-14; lk 2:1-14 the old testament readings for the christmas season are an expre...
Bishop David McGough
Digital detoxes rarely work. Here are ten things that do
i wonder how many people will wake up on christmas morning to find some new piece of tech in their stocking? i won’t, and not just because i...
Sister Catherine Wybourne
Democracy is in retreat – but heroic activists are emerging
jesus christ was a refugee who grew up to become a dissident. of course he is much more than that – he is god incarnate, emmanuel – but as w...
Benedict Rogers
Why Iraq's Christians are toning down the festivities
the leader of iraq’s largest christian community has scrapped christmas parties, trees, receptions and other festivities “out of respect” fo...
John Pontifex
Australia's religious freedom bill still contains glaring omissions
the long-awaited second draft of the australian religious discrimination bill was released on december 11 after the first in august received...
Natasha Marsh
2019 was dominated by scandal – but there were glimmers of light
this has been a tough year for the us church. the abuse crisis has once again dominated the headlines. the year began with the dismissal fro...
Jordan Bloom
World news: from Buenos Aires to Bhopal
sacramento six california dioceses subpoenaed the office of california’s attorney general has informed six dioceses that they will be issued...
Staff writers
Meanwhile
if you get restless about the length of homilies, just be thankful it’s not worse. a new survey suggests that catholic priests give the brie...
Staff writers
December 20, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Vatican's investment funds were vehicles for Italian bank fraud
two investment funds used by vatican dicasteries were also used by a major italian bank to conceal illegal investments for which the bank wa...
Ed Condon/CNA
The change to the ‘pontifical secret’ does less than it appears to do
by now, readers will have heard that pope francis has issued a rescript lifting the so-called “pontifical secret” under which the church has...
Christopher R. Altieri
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