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Exclusive interview: Stella Assange on her husband, faith and meeting Pope Francis
on the 30 june, stella assange and her two children were granted a private audience with pope francis at the vatican. mrs assange ...
Anthony McCarthy
EXCLUSIVE: I'm here to enforce the 'recent' Magisterium, says Archbishop Fernández
rome – pope francis’s new top theological advisor has attempted to reassure voices in the united states and elsewhere who’ve questioned his ...
Elise Allen
Why the Council of Trent still matters today
the cambridge companion to the council of trent nelson h minnich (ed) cambridge university press, £29.99, 351 pages the opening paragraph of...
Serenhedd James
Poetry about walking the Camino
nick ripatrazone reflects on a tender and attentive book of illuminating poetry documenting the journey to santiago de compostela nick maion...
Nick Ripatrazone
Pope's new orthodoxy chief hits out at critics of his book about kissing
the new head of a major vatican department has defended a controversial book he wrote about kissing when he was a young priest. argentine ar...
Simon Caldwell
How my tweet on Hemingway's Catholicism went viral
over the weekend i shared a tweet about ernest hemingway’s catholicism. although i’ve long enjoyed his work, the fact that he was catholic h...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
The untold tale of Tolkien's faith
fr michael ward on a new book exploring the writer’s spiritual side. i became a catholic in no small part because of jrr tolkien. raised as ...
Fr Michael Ward
The unintelligibility of American patriotism
the us devotion to the peoples’ ‘unalienable rights’ is a logical fallacy. in the calendar of american civil religion, july 4 is a solemnity...
Ken Craycraft
On Pilgrimage With: Emma Edwards
where would you go? to sénanque, in provence, in its quiet valley right in the centre of the luberon. it’s the place made famous by al...
Emma Edwards
Episcopal hierarchy, not lay democracy: Bishop Schneider appeals to Pope Francis to rescind new synod norms
bishop athanasius schneider is appealing to pope francis to rescind new norms that grant equal voting rights to bishops and laity at the oct...
Diana Montagna
Nigeria's persecuted Christians
last month, fr charles onomhoale igechi was murdered in benin, less than a year after his ordination, the latest in a succession of nigerian...
The Catholic Herald
Diary: by Gavin Plumley
william byrd died 400 years ago this month. various commemorative events and services are accordingly taking place, including in lincoln, th...
Gavin Plumley
Pope recognises 'heroic virtues' of Sister Lucia dos Santos, putting Fatima visionary a step closer to sainthood
pope francis has advanced the cause for the canonisation of the last of the children who saw the blessed virgin mary at fatima, portugal, pu...
Simon Caldwell
First Welsh former Anglican bishop joins Ordinariate
a welsh former anglican bishop has announced his decision to be received into the catholic church. the rt rev. richard pain, who retired as ...
Simon Caldwell
RIP Berlusconi, Europe's first modern populist leader
(rome) silvio berlusconi was given the very rare honour of a state funeral today (wednesday) in the duomo of his beloved milan. outside the ...
Nicholas Farrell
Nigerian priest shot dead during pastoral duties
a nigerian priest has been shot dead in benin city just a year into his ministry, his bishop has confirmed. archbishop augustine obiora akub...
Simon Caldwell
Walking in harmony on the Camino de Santiago
the camino to santiago tends to bring out the best in those who tackle it, writes wilf jones. for most people, putting one foot in front of ...
Wilf Jones
France honours Catholic 'backpack hero' who fought off knife attacker
france is honouring a catholic backpacker as a “hero” after he fought off a man attacking children with a knife in a playground. the frenzy ...
Simon Caldwell
Pope Francis orders Gänswein to leave Vatican and return home without new role
pope francis has ordered georg gänswein, pope benedict xvi’s long-serving private secretary, to leave the vatican by 1 july, a german newspa...
Olenka Hamilton
Cannes: An Ecumenical Matter
cannes has long been maligned as a sunny place for shady people. despite its apparent superficiality, there is a significant spiritual dimen...
Frank Mannion
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