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"christians are confused… each day in rome i receive discouraged and suffering priests. the church is going through the dark night" cardinal...

The Catholic Herald

our limited imaginations will always struggle to grasp the all-embracing nature of christ’s resurrection. life’s inevitable wounds and our f...

Bishop David McGough

bach’s two great surviving passions – st matthew and st john – conclude at the tomb. there is no resurrection music. bach knows, of course, ...

Francis O’Gorman

the outcome of spain's recent general election has plunged national politics into uncertainty. the spanish socialist workers’ party (psoe) i...

Tom Gallagher

bishops across africa are warning priests not to misuse holy oils. they are concerned that practices associated with the revival churches ar...

Antoine Roger Lokongo

sooner rather than later the cause for the canonisation of john bradburne is likely to open, possibly on september 5, the 40th anniversary o...

Simon Caldwell

this sunday is the world day of prayer for vocations. it is an occasion set aside for asking our lord to serve his church with priests and r...

The Catholic Herald

on the evening of may 24 last year, 2,000 left-leaning christians gathered for a candlelit vigil outside the white house. the group’s leader...

Dan Hitchens

there’s been lots of chatter over the past few weeks about a consistory for the creation of new cardinals. as of this writing, nothing has b...

Christopher R. Altieri

what happened? a group of academics and priests have accused pope francis of committing the canonical crime of heresy. the group, which incl...

The Catholic Herald