Catholic Church

Enlightenment pragmaticism versus sacred revolt

to rave in the nave or not to rave in the nave? the disturbances about what should or should not happen in a cathedral have divided christia...
Gavin Ashenden

Pugin's legacy assaulted and recovered: the story of St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham

augustus welby northbourne pugin (1812-52) was received into the church in salisbury in 1835. the next year he published his contrasts , in ...
Michael Hodges

Despite postponement, Canadian government 'fully committed' to expanding assisted suicide, warn country's bishops

new york – the canadian government remains just as committed to its drive to expand assisted suicide despite a decision to postpone expandin...
johnlavenburg

Yoga: What’s the problem with a bit of Downward Dog?

during the mid-2000s, there was a brief publishing trend for feel-good novels with folksy titles: salmon fishing in the yemen and a short hi...
Flora Watkins

Vatican warns German bishops of ‘legal consequences' over disputed ‘Synodal Committee’

rome – as the german bishops meet this week to advance their national reform process, the vatican has threatened canonical action if they re...
Elise Allen

Rising from the ashes: Notre Dame comes to Westminster Abbey

on 15 april 2019 the world watched as notre dame de paris burned. after the flèche collapsed and smoke appeared through the louvres of the w...
Serenhedd James

A Jewish perspective on the Catholic Church's response to the Gaza conflict

amid the plethora of public utterances on the wrongs and rights of israel’s military action in gaza, those of several key vatican officials ...
PeterOppenheimer

A theological approach to drinking (or not drinking) during Lent

the age-old tension of whether we should drink is not unique to lent, but the lenten season does offer a way of thinking theologically about...
Angus Milne

Reaction to Fiducia in US has revealed ‘enduring animus’ to ‘LGBT persons’, says key Pope ally

anaheim – one of pope francis’s most vocal allies in the church hierarchy in the united states has criticised the reaction among some cathol...
John L Allen

On pilgrimage with: Author and photographer Laura Dodsworth

where would you go? i’d like to walk england’s classic pilgrim’s way from winchester to canterbury. but it is a two-week commitment and that...
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