Catholic Church

Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/05/19

cardinal luis antonio tagle has been re-elected president of caritas internationalis . the rwandan church has rejected calls to expel clergy...
Luke Coppen

Abolishing the priesthood would tear the heart out of the Church

a year ago, there appeared in the national catholic reporter an account of a catholic men’s gathering at cape cod, which the periodical said...
Sohrab Ahmari

The small college attracting some of the Church's best brains

these are the first days of spring in new england, when you begin to understand why robert frost said “nature’s first green is gold”. three ...
Michael Warren Davis

Banning sport on Sunday isn't a 'war on athletics'

archbishop allen vigneron issued a new policy last week banning sports games and practices on sundays in catholic schools in the archdiocese...
Jordan Bloom

Germany's 'church strike' puts its bishops in an awkward position

a women’s strike led by a dissident catholic group has sparked actions across germany. the maria 2.0 group, which uses an image of the bless...
Jon Anderson

How the South African Church is going to hold Ramaphosa to account

south africa’s 2019 general election was in many ways unsurprising. the ruling african national congress (anc) won a majority, albeit the sm...
Claire Mathieson

My plea to Cardinal Nichols: support your cathedral's great choir

for more than a century the liturgy in westminster cathedral has given inspiration and joy to hundreds of thousands of worshippers from all ...
Colin Mawby

Heretic of the week: John Wesley

john wesley (1703-1791) was a cleric of the church of england who unintentionally founded his own denomination. born to the rev samuel wesle...
Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0594

cryptic across 5 defeated by david, is zerah dead? (9) 8 ‘god zone’ is marginalized by americans (4) 9 native american, a popular author, un...
Alun Evans

Mass is more than remembrance: it makes the Resurrection present now

here is the collect for the sixth sunday of easter in the ordinary form, which was glued together from bits of prayers from ancient sacramen...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf