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'Preach the faith, but preach it fully': an interview with Bishop Fellay

with his high forehead, cleft chin and old-world manners, bishop bernard fellay has a definite aura. at angelus press’s annual conference on...
Michael Warren Davis

Damien Hirst’s theology of the body

you must see the edward burne-jones exhibition at tate britain in london, especially if you love myths and legends, heroes and monsters. jon...
Tim Stanley

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ organisers of february abuse summit named what happened? the vatican has named the organising committ...
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The afternoon I found Christ in my college library

in this extract from mind, heart, and soul: intellectuals and the path to rome , edited by robert george and rj snell, the dominican theolog...
Fr Thomas Joseph White

The West's cowardice has helped cause a wave of persecution

where in the world is religious liberty rapidly shrinking? is it under tyrannical regimes like north korea, in communist countries such as c...
The Catholic Herald

Letters & emails

the ‘metropolitan model’ is flawed sir – you report that both the us bishops and rome are moving towards a “metropolitan model” for holding ...
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The Word this week

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

Omnium gatherum

"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

Diary of a city priest

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

How to.... Genuflect

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