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On to the manger: the Eparch of London on Advent
in 2020, and even into 2021, so many travel plans were cancelled or had to be postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic. i vividly recall the h...
Kenneth Nowakowski
Space, time, and incarnation
among the starker distinctions between catholicism and most protestant traditions are their respective theologies of the role of material, t...
Ken Craycraft
The rise of Protestantism in Latin America
liberation sexuality is no more successful than liberation theology , writes gavin ashenden “the vatican is losing the largest catholic coun...
Gavin Ashenden
Bishop quits after finding role 'too great a burden'
pope francis has accepted the resignation of the bishop of hexham and newcastle who has quit almost a decade before he was due to retire, sa...
Simon Caldwell
Already, and not yet: waiting for the coming of Christ
there’s something about advent which speaks to the hearts of us all. because advent is two things. it is a season which is incredibly specia...
Fr Mark Vickers
Vatican treats for the Christmas table
those wonderful boys in the swiss guard have done it again. after the vatican cookbook of 2016, which must by now surely be in every catholi...
Alicia Godfrey
The profound and insightful mind of Peter Kreeft
few, if any, catholic philosophers are as prolific as the american professor, peter kreeft. over the course of his 85 years, 57 as a profess...
Ken Craycraft
Census 2021 and Newman's 'age of infidelity'
christians are now well into the season of advent, the time of preparation for christmas, the feast of the nativity of jesus christ. this wa...
Simon Caldwell
The kingdom of heaven is at hand: spending Advent well
“may the lord be in your heart and help you to confess your sins with true sorrow.” what prevents us from doing that? we won’t confess our s...
Fr Mark Vickers
The pleasures of dissonant reading
i sat on a mower in the middle of a two-acre field. paths of light and dark criss-crossed the grass. bees darted in and out of the chaff. in...
Nick Ripatrazone
Sanctifying the world
you might think that it’s odd for george weigel, usually billed as a conservative, to be supporting the second vatican council. because vati...
Gertrude Clarke
Walsingham rector appointed new Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark
(photo credit: marcin mazur) pope francis has appointed the rector of the marian shrine at walsingham as a new auxiliary bishop of southwark...
Simon Caldwell
Let us prepare to rediscover the value of waiting this Advent
was it easier once upon a time? did people in the past have more time for god? were they more naturally attuned to what god was saying to th...
Fr Mark Vickers
A solution to problems faced by the Order of Malta?
i humbly entreat thee through the intercession of the most holy virgin of philermo, of st john the baptist, blessed gerard and all the saint...
Father Anonymous
In football, we find 'a simple version of the great quest for salvation'
the world cup began on sunday. i love football as much as the next woman, but i do have some interest in this tournament: my brot...
Katherine Bennett
The feast of Christ the King and the end of political life
the difficulty of reconciling christian faith with political life is as old as christianity itself. perhaps the most explicit qu...
Ken Craycraft
'Synod', 'synod' and 'synodality': why we should be wary of poorly defined words
what do we mean by "synodal" or "synodality"? this is an important question as the church moves towards the conclusion of the synod on synod...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Catholics loan St Chad's relic to Anglicans
(photograph of st chad's relic courtesy of the archdiocese of birmingham) the catholic church has presented anglican lichfield cathedral wit...
Simon Caldwell
Lost and found
this month marks the centenary of the death of the french novelist marcel proust, an occasion for looking at how his work was influenced by ...
Benjamin Ivry
Cardinal Sarah: Let us Dare to be Saints
god’s love becomes visible in those who reflect his presence, says cardinal robert sarah the french novelist léon bloy, writes: “the only re...
Cardinal Robert Sarah
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