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Stop gossiping and repent of your sins, Pope says
in a visit to a roman parish on sunday, pope francis encouraged catholics to stop gossiping and ruminating on the shortcomings of other peop...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
How do we make sense of the aftermath of Vatican II? This book is a clear guide
i have just been re-reading turmoil and truth: the historical roots of the modern crisis in the catholic church by philip trower, which i re...
Francis Phillips
How I found an answer to my restlessness
i’ve been both blessed and cursed by a congenital restlessness that hasn’t always made my life easy. i remember as a boy restlessly wanderin...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Heretic of the week: Cornelius Jansen
cornelius jansen (1585-1638) was born in gelderland in the netherlands. in 1602 he began studies at louvain, which was divided between the m...
Charles Coulombe
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, march 3 : eighth sunday in ordinary time sir 27:4-7; ps 92; 1 cor 15:54-58; lk 6:39-45 monday, m...
The Catholic Herald
How to … Pray, fast and give alms
on wednesday lent begins, and with it the call to three ancient spiritual disciplines: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. these are three ways ...
The Catholic Herald
We can all strive to live without mortal sin
"we are in a fight for our lives." this was part of the message ancient converts received as they approached their reception into the church...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Cardinal Zen: What the Church is risking in its dialogue with China
unfortunately, when someone in the vatican talks about the church’s “soft power”, they still mean it in a political (worldly) sense. the gen...
Cardinal Joseph Zen
Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/02/19
new figures show there were 29 mob attacks on indian christians in january. pope francis will not visit uganda in july , president yoweri mu...
Luke Coppen
The Church is experiencing a 'crisis of not following Jesus Christ,' says Archbishop Gomez
archbishop jose gomez of los angeles responded to the vatican’s summit on abuse by stressing the need for a renewal of fidelity within the e...
Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis promises 'all-out battle' against abuse
pope francis on sunday outlined eight points that the church will focus on in an “all-out battle” against the sexual abuse of minors to, he ...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
Letters from the Vatican #6
how can the success or failure of the vatican “abuse summit,” which concluded yesterday, be measured? a week ago, your editor suggest...
Xavier Rynne II
'What have I failed to do?' - Pope leads bishops in abuse crisis examination of conscience
pope francis saturday led the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences in a penitential liturgy and examination of conscience on their...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Why priests need our prayers now more than ever
an article in catholic world report for monday, titled “a priest who offered his life in reparation for the sins of priests” by dr patrick k...
Francis Phillips
Why do bad things happen to good people? The Cross provides the answer
in 1970, the british writer iris murdoch wrote a novel entitled a fairly honourable defeat . the story had numerous characters, both good an...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Farewell to 'church shopping'
do you go “shopping” for a church where you find the style of worship suits you, or because you find the priest congenial and the congregati...
Andrew M Brown
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, february 24 : seventh sunday in ordinary time 1 sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; ps 103; 1 cor 15:45...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Read Scripture
in dei verbum, the council fathers pointed out that there are many ways to encounter scripture, including in the liturgy. as for reading, th...
The Catholic Herald
St Thérèse understood the spirit of Sexagesima
in the traditional roman calendar this sunday is called sexagesima, latin for the “sixtieth” day before easter. these three purple-draped su...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Churchill, the Mosleys and the Tridentine Rite
no longer with us by naim attallah, quartet, 823pp, £30/$33 it was diana mosley, as enchanting in her person as her politics were bewilderin...
David Platzer
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