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Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, september 29 : 26th sunday in ordinary time am 6:1a, 4-7; ps 146; 1 tm 6:11-16; lk 16:19-31 mond...
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How to … Observe the Extraordinary Month of Mission

pope francis has dedicated october as an “extraordinary mission month”, with the theme “baptised and sent: the church of christ on a mission...
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A 'post-human priesthood'? What a counsel of despair

the theologian josef pieper says that one of the most common errors afflicting christians is to treat god as though he were “a something” ra...
Fr Dominic Allain

'I felt like weeping for the sheer beauty': the philosophers who found Catholicism

here is an invaluable collection of 10 essays, all written by american academic philosophers, which demonstrates, particularly to those who ...
Francis Phillips

The Galileo legend is of a spiteful, outdated Church. The reality is more complex

on trial for reason by maurice a finocchiaro oup, 289pp, £25/$32.95 june 22, 1633, was not the happiest of days for galileo galilei, though ...
Jonathan Wright

Catholics have new allies against the sexual revolution. That's a mixed blessing

the new politics of sex by stephen baskerville angelico, 408pp, £18/$25 it turns out religious traditionalists aren’t the only ones finding ...
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Inside the Vatican: a fascinating programme for anyone interested in cleaning

the bbc’s inside the vatican relies, we are told in its somewhat breathless publicity, on unprecedented access to the inner workings of the ...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Letters: Why is the Church unable to resist radical sex education?

young catholics are turning the tide sir – i am writing in response to your cover story, “class struggle” (september 20). i believe that the...
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Think angels are nice but a bit boring? You couldn't be more wrong

at the beginning of the screwtape letters, cs lewis notes that the devil is equally pleased by two errors about him: an unhealthy obsession ...
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How to pray the Novena with Newman

all over the world, people are preparing to celebrate the canonisation of blessed john henry newman on sunday, october 13. this is a ti...
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