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Overlooked: Benedict XVI defends essay on abuse crisis

what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has defended his interpretation of the abuse crisis, in a brief statement four months after his or...
Staff writers

The big story: Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals

what happened? pope francis has announced 13 new cardinals, 10 of them under 80 and so able to vote for his eventual successor. in his unexp...
Staff writers

Committees won't solve the crisis of Eucharistic faith

recently the pew research center released a study with alarming implications. it showed that some 7 out of 10 american catholics who at...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

'C'est stupide!': The gruelling cycle race through France's battlefields

riding in the zone rouge by tom isitt weidenfeld and nicolson, 302pp, £20/$24.50 within six months of the end of the first world war, a fren...
Simon Caldwell

Letters: The best argument for large families

the best argument for large families sir – it is always encouraging to see colin brazier waxing lyrical and logical in defence of larger fam...
The Catholic Herald

Europe's radiant royals are helping preserve family values

royal history is often entwined with stories of scandals, illicit lovers, royal mistresses and infants born out of wedlock. (charles ii had ...
Mary Kenny

Rejoice! St Thérèse of Lisieux is visiting Scotland

it is 25 years since the relics of st thérèse of lisieux began touring the world. england and wales were honoured with their presence in 200...
Bishop Hugh Gilbert

Diary: What should the Vatican do now with Castel Gandolfo?

with the summer heat in rome almost unbearable, i’ve been following the saga of pope francis’s rejection of his various summer residences – ...
William Cash

For Australian Catholics, it feels like 1st-century Rome

on august 21, after nearly three months of deliberation, victoria’s court of appeal handed down its decision to dismiss cardinal george pell...
Natasha Marsh

World News: From Wheeling to West Papua

wheeling, virginia new bishop of troubled diocese addresses scandals the new bishop of the troubled wheeling-charleston diocese has asked hi...
Staff writers