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Twelve quick thoughts on Pope Francis dropping his long-expected bomb on the traditional latin Mass

1) in his motu proprio  traditionis custodes , pope francis says st. john paul ii's indults were only meant to heal the breach with arc...

Vatican economy council meets in person to discuss investment policy

vatican city, jul 15, 2021 / 09:00 am. members of the vatican’s council for the economy met in person on wednesday and thursday to discuss t...

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A slippery slope: When Catholics follow their reason straight out of the Church

forty-some years ago, i sat in on meetings of the presumptuously-named philosophers club, which met in the home of its san diego founder, a ...

Priest beaten, arrested amid Cuba protests

camagüey, cuba, jul 12, 2021 / 12:03 pm. father castor álvarez was beaten and arrested in camagüey while he was defending young protesters a...

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The English team, he says, is the "enemy of truth, beauty, and goodness"

yes, someone said that. and not a crank either, or at least not the angry living-in-his-mother's-basement crank you meet on the internet. hi...

Pope Francis sends condolences to Congolese faithful after death of Cardinal Monswengo

cardinal laurent monswengo of kinshasa on 4 january 2018. (john wessels/afp via getty images)   pope francis has sent his condolences t...

Convert Stories: Charles Moore joins the universal Church and finds his politics challenged

the  catholic herald 's extraordinary archives include many convert stories, which we will feature from time to time. interviewed in 19...

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Britain vs France in 1948

the scottish accountant, novelist, and catholic convert, bruce marshall escaped paris just two days before the germans invaded, served in th...

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La Crosse bishop removes Father Altman from ministry

la crosse, wis., jul 9, 2021 / 12:11 pm. fr. james altman has been removed from ministry after bishop william callahan of la crosse sought p...

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Christian leaders write to South Sudanese politicians on 10th anniversary of independence

the tenth anniversary of south sudan’s birth as an independent nation “calls to mind your past struggles and points with hope to the future,...