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Eucharistic yuca not on the table at Amazon synod, Vatican says
vatican officials have said there are no plans to discuss changing the matter of the eucharist during an upcoming synod for the pan-amazonia...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis: Abuse revelations are purifying the Church
god is purifying his church through the painful revelations of the abuse scandals, so do not be discouraged, pope francis said on thursday i...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Bishop Barron: Proclaim the Gospel more boldly in times of crisis
bishop robert barron said on thursday that rather than becoming hesitant in sharing the gospel, the catholic church should proclaim the trut...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
How bad is the current crisis? Look to Church history
last week my brother went to a meeting with fellow parishioners and the local bishop to talk about the parishioners’ dismay at the convictio...
Francis Phillips
It's never too late to say something to a deceased loved one
a colleague of mine, a clinical therapist, shares the following story. a woman came to him in considerable distress. her husband had recentl...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Dear Fr Rutler: how do I get out of holding hands during the Our Father?
dear father rutler, my wife keeps trying to hold my hand during the our father. i’m sure it’s very sweet, but i find it annoying. would it b...
Fr George Rutler
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, march 10 : first sunday of lent dt 26:4-10; ps 91; rom 10:8-13; lk 4:1-13 monday, march 11 : week...
The Catholic Herald
How to … Deny yourself
during lent, catholics are urged to pray, give to charity and fast. the faithful also “give things up” as they unite themselves with our lor...
The Catholic Herald
Should you give up chocolate and social media for Lent?
i drive down to celebrate mass with a contemplative community in hampshire and all along the roadside the hedgerows are white with hawthorn....
Fr Dominic Allain
Lent is drill practice for our spiritual battle
each day during lent has, traditionally, assigned a church in rome called a “station”. in ancient times the people and clergy would process ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
When artists led the Church out of crisis
how catholic art saved the faith by elizabeth lev sophia institute press, 320pp, £15/$19 at the end of last year i visited the mantegna and ...
Francis Phillips
Is playing sport really a spiritual practice?
ways to go beyond and why they work by rupert sheldrake coronet, 336pp, £20/$25 to be a scientist in modern times has generally meant being ...
Michael White
Sonatas to help you pray the rosary
catholics who love the rosary may be unaware of an extraordinary aid to their prayer: the rosary sonatas, by the bohemian composer and violi...
Jens F Laurson
Can you name all 23 Eastern Catholic Churches?
albanian greek catholic church not to be confused with the italo-albanian catholic church, the 4,000 or so members of this byzantine rite co...
The Catholic Herald
News round-up: From Huancayo to Hyderabad
richmond, virginia catholic senator votes against abortion survival bill catholic bishops in virginia have said they are “outraged” at the v...
Staff writers
The best of the web: ISIS, fasting and false allegations
isis sparks conversion – to christianity muslims in syria are converting to christianity because of the horrific violence of isis, wrote yul...
Staff writers
How to fast like the pope who faced Attila the Hun
as christians prepare to engage in the fasting and abstinence of lent, they can find guidance in the words of pope st. leo the great’s sermo...
Catholic News Agency
Lenten fasting is a 'wake-up call for the soul', Pope says
fasting from food or other things during lent is a chance for catholics to reorient their material attachments, pope francis said on ash wed...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Why we should take St Joseph as our role model this Lent
catholics know that 19 march is the feast of st joseph. fewer, perhaps, are aware that the entire month of march is dedicated to the most ch...
Michael Warren Davis
The forgotten canonisation Cause of King James II
the publication of my piece on the possibility of charles i’s sanctity awoke something of a hornet’s nest. not surprisingly, ordinariate fol...
Charles Coulombe
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