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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
On discipleship
october is not an especially exciting month liturgically: we have an uninterrupted run of ordinary sundays, with readings from chapters 17 t...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Why the Seal of Confession cannot be compromised
the suggestion by iicsa that the seal of confession is violable misunderstands its essence, writes fr richard whinder the independent inquir...
The Catholic Herald
Finding truthful witness in fictional saints
the saints from the great novels can help us grow in our faith, writes ken craycraft one of my daughters, margaret, recently finished sigrid...
Ken Craycraft
Cardinal Kasper joins criticism of Synodal Path
german prelate cardinal walter kasper, the former president of the pontifical council for promoting christian unity, has called germany’s sy...
Ignatius Dean
Beware the Church of 'perpetual initiatives, built on shifting sands'
hugh somerville knapman osb takes the long view of vatican ii as surely we all know by now, 11 october was the 60th anniversary of the openi...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
Cardinal Müller: the man to watch?
german prelate cardinal gerhard cardinal müller has emerged as a leading figure in the orthodox camp of the catholic church over the past fe...
Ignatius Dean
In the School of Saint Benedict: Benedictine Spirituality for Every Christian by Xavier Perrin
in this excellent little book, beautifully translated from the french by dom luke bell and sister laetitia payne, abbot xavier perrin of qua...
Philippa Edwards OSB
The true message of Vatican II
as a young catholic in the 1970s i was repeatedly told that the second vatican council was at best a tragic mistake fuelled by a naïve enthu...
Joanna Bogle
Did anyone outside the church really care about Vatican II?
last week saw the celebration of the feast of st john xxiii as well as the anniversary of the opening of the second vatican council, which h...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Ian Ker at 80
fr ian ker turned 80 at the end of august. in the course of a celebratory dinner at the oxford & cambridge club, he was presented with a...
Paul Shrimpton
Pope renews warnings of nuclear war as fighting escalates in Ukraine
pope francis has renewed his appeal for peace in ukraine and has warned the world again of the danger of the conflict escalating into a nucl...
Simon Caldwell
On discipleship
october is not an especially exciting month liturgically: we have an uninterrupted run of ordinary sundays, with readings from chapters 17 t...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Listening to the laity can only help the Church
the american church has spoken. to put it another way, the local and diocesan responses in the us to the pope’s call for a global synod have...
The Catholic Herald
A Garland for the Queen
the magnitude of queen elizabeth ii’s service to the united kingdom, the commonwealth and the world remains both incalculable and indescriba...
John Studzinski
Pilgrims progress to Santiago
our tabard inn was la rosa negra café. not exactly a 14th-century inn on the thames in southwark, but a neighbourhood bar in vigo serving al...
William Cash
Keeping the Faith
today the future of catholic identity in the us and uk depends more than ever on leadership and example from an active and committed laity. ...
James MacGuire
Diary: A priest guides fellow travellers to St James
standing in the shade of an apricot tree in the garden of a house in caldas de reis as mass ended one hot july evening, the words of bunyan’...
Fr Nicholas Leviseur
Fresh start Fra'
there are few grander titles than the grand prior of the sovereign military order of malta, and it would be hard to find more fabulous regal...
Gertrude Clarke
Vatican must stop Belgian bishops blessing gay couples, says Cardinal Eijk
a senior cardinal has said the vatican must force the belgian bishops to reverse their decision to permit liturgies for the church blessing ...
Simon Caldwell
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