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first sunday of advent jer 33:14-16; 1 thess 3:12 - 4:2; lk 21:25-28 (year c) the season of advent belongs to everyone who believes that the...

Bishop David McGough

"tuis enim fidelibus, domine, vita mutatur non tollitur ... truly for thy faithful, o lord, life is changed, not taken away.” this phrase fr...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

so advent begins again: the first great penitential season of the year. in the better monasteries it’s still a season of fasting. i am not s...

Fr Dominic Allain

kneeling has always been a gesture of reverence; but the practice of genuflecting – touching the right knee briefly to the ground – is compa...

The Catholic Herald

ordinary form divine office week i sunday, december 2: the first sunday of advent jer 33:14-16; ps 25; 1 thes 3:12-4:2; lk 21:25-28, 34-36 m...

The Catholic Herald

cryptic across 5 let drugs into hen night – that’s a bit hairy (9) 8 in favour of tea, they say, the garrison (4) 9 wild spree from dissolut...

Alun Evans

Peter Hitchens visits Germany and Scandinavia

Peter Hitchens

"widows, orphans and strangers”: that’s code in scripture for the three most vulnerable groups within a society at any given time. and both ...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

the synod of the ecumenical patriarchate is expected to make a major announcement on the creation of an independent ukrainian orthodox churc...

Luke Coppen

Chen Guangcheng, who was imprisoned for his pro-life advocacy, said the deal was 'preposterous'

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