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The big story of the past seven days

✣  pope defends amoris as ‘a result of two synods’ what happened? pope francis has said that everything in amoris laetitia resulted fro...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online santa versus arius: a myth we need to drop at the national catholic register, steven greydanus took...

Scholars ask bishops to back ‘four cardinals’

twenty-three catholic scholars and pastors, three of them oxford university academics, have given their names to a statement in support of “...

Pope: make more room for God at Christmas

the christmas tree and nativity scene are symbols of god’s love and hope, reminding us to contemplate the beauty of creation and welcome t...

Church bombed during clashes in Burma

a catholic church has been bombed in the conflict-torn northern shan state as renewed fighting intensified between the burmese military and ...

Seminaries urged to teach climate change

the nurturing of holy, healthy and humble priests requires prayers for vocations and the careful selection and training of candidates, the c...

Scorsese’s new film ‘a pilgrimage’

director martin scorsese has described his new film silence as a major stage in his pilgrimage of faith, a pilgrimage that included dropping...

In brief

catholic father of five to lead new zealand the new prime minister of new zealand, bill english, is a practising catholic. in 2008 he said: ...

Catholic of the Year: The cheerful shepherd

on the website of the diocese of portsmouth, there is a video of bishop philip egan delivering his october 2016 pastoral letter on the futur...

The Catholic Herald

What Newman really stood for

i wrote the book newman on vatican ii for two reasons. first, i hoped to settle once and for all the question that always hangs around newma...