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'On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me'...The martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket

on the fifth day of christmas, the carol sends to us five gold rings. it is also the day on which the church remembers st thomas becket, the...
James Willoughby

Mongolia’s tiny Catholic community just got a Christmas Eve boost

ulaanbaatar – one of the world’s smallest catholic flocks is growing in number, after the mongolian church added three native women to its r...
Elise Allen

Zelensky’s move against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a step too far

they say that desperate times call for desperate measures, and right now the situation in ukraine is getting increasingly desperate for pres...
Robert Amsterdam

'On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me'...St John, Apostle of the Word Made Flesh

o god, who through the blessed apostle john have unlocked for us the secrets of your word, grant, we pray, that we may grasp with proper und...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

The Christmas School of Joy, with the Archbishop of Southwark

once again at christmas our blessed lady and st joseph invite us to meet their child: god’s son, the infant saviour and prince of peace. but...
Archbishop John Wilson

Sharing God’s nature: the powerful pro-life message of the Eucharist

bishop john sherrington shares with anita boniface the powerful pro-life message of the eucharist . in advent and christmas, the church’s li...
Anita Boniface

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces Fiducia Supplicans ‘has no legal force’ for its followers

rome – amid myriad reactions unleashed by  fiducia supplicans , a new vatican document advising on non-liturgical blessings of same-sex...
Crux Staff

The Logos was made flesh and dwelt among us

the paradox of christianity is beyond the pagan teachings of heraclitus . at the heart of the christmas celebration is the fact that the wor...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

New iconography course at Ealing Abbey aims to 'galvanise' Catholic art scene in UK

the declaration by the fathers of the second council of nicaea in ad 787 on the value of producing sacred images and art works is about to g...
James Jeffrey

Bishop arrested in Nicaragua after praying in public for imprisoned prelate

police in nicaragua have arrested and allegedly beaten a catholic bishop after he prayed in public for a brother bishop sentenced to life in...
Simon Caldwell

Pope’s end-of-year address to Church hierarchy: beware ‘rigid ideological positions’ that ‘prevent us from moving forward’

rome – in his annual christmas address to members of the roman curia, pope francis urged the church’s governing bureaucracy to be open to ch...
Elise Allen

Vatican’s doctrinal czar parses details for enabling same-sex blessings

rome – after pope francis earlier this year opened the door in certain circumstances to giving blessings to same-sex couples, the vatican’s ...
Elise Allen

Advent and the 'Great Paradigm Shift'

there is an old story told about the dilemma of a monkey reaching down through the narrow neck of a glass jar to grab the alluring beads con...
Gavin Ashenden

A History of the Catholic Church, by Piers Paul Read

a history of the catholic church piers paul read meid, £25, 560 pages piers paul read – veteran novelist, historian and biographer – has pro...
Serenhedd James

Exclusive Interview: author and historian Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon Bonaparte, the Enlightenment, the Catholic Church and Poland

adam zamoyski is a british historian of polish origin. he has written numerous highly acclaimed books, including poland: a history, and holy...
Anthony McCarthy

Scattering ashes still contentious: Vatican maintains ban but approves preservation in ‘sacred places’

rome – in response to a new set of  dubia , or doubts, on the catholic church’s cremation practices, the vatican’s doctrinal office has...
Elise Allen

Are young scientists changing their minds about God?

contrary to the prevalent notion that science stands at odds with religion, younger scientists are more open to the concept of a higher spir...
Tom Colsy

Lionel Johnson: Poetry and Prose, by Robert Asch

celebrating a lost victorian voice. lionel johnson: poetry and prose robert asch saint austin press, £29.99, 544 pages when lionel johnson w...
Jane Cooper

A heart in search of God: walking to deepen our faith

phil mccarthy writes of the inspiration for his founding pilgrim ways, a project of walking pilgrimages in england and wales. over half a ce...
Phil McCarthy

Resting my weary feet on the Cammino di San Benedetto

mary fisher discovers the physical and mental trials of walking the cammino di san benedetto. "to be deep in history is to cease to be prote...
Mary Fisher

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