Catholic Church

Two-thirds of US bishops oppose women deacons

a survey of bishops in the us released this week found that among respondents, 41 percent believe it theoretically possible to ordain women ...
Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis warns against 'spirals of hatred' on social media

pope francis warned on thursday against the increasing narcissism and “spirals of hatred” found on today’s social media networks, encouragin...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/01/19

pope francis has urged central american bishops not to “stand aloof” from their flocks. the pope has reportedly named cardinal juan luis cip...
Luke Coppen

Pilgrimages are a time for making lifelong friends

in 1985, two historians traveled through turkey and the middle east together. robin darling young and susan ashbrook harvey started the trip...
Eve Tushnet

Heretic of the week: Mary Baker Eddy

mary baker eddy (1821-1910) was born in bow, new hampshire, and raised in a calvinist household. the nascent intellectual in mary rebelled a...
Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0577

cryptic across 5 pharisee’s into fish and birds (9) 8 house inside diocese is brown all-over (6) 9 official paper subdued those learning to ...
Alun Evans

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, january 27 : third sunday in ordinary time neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; ps 19; 1 cor 12:12-30; lk 1:1...
The Catholic Herald

How to… Say the rosary

finding a rosary is easily done, since they are on sale at churches and online, and the cheapest plastic ones can be very cheap. it’s worth ...
The Catholic Herald

Why I've invested in a travelling altar

a large and heavy parcel arrives swathed in layers of packing and customs forms. i know exactly what it is because it is a present. in a sen...
Fr Dominic Allain

Even in Japan, the Traditional Mass was reassuringly familiar

it was an age of the great charity which impelled missionaries to cross both endless seas and narrow channels. they bore in their hands the ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf