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The Amazon synod organisers are at odds with Pope Francis

in a recent interview granted to la stampa, pope francis spoke about the synod for the amazon, which will take place in october. the synod’s...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Big families will be the next target in the culture wars

eighteen months ago i was having lunch with a well-known columnist and contrarian, when conversation turned to predictions. in particular, w...

Diary: Prince Harry's new wokeness reminds me of John Lennon

"no way!" i shrieked. “absolutely not!” i had walked into the lounge on saturday afternoon, while my husband had been clearing out the spare...

Madeleine Teahan

Rarely has a Vatican official spoken so bluntly on abuse

as spring 2019 turned into summer, journalists, media relations professionals and communications experts gathered for four days in st peters...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Minneapolis to Mumbai

minneapolis knights of columbus volunteered for 76m hours the knights of columbus volunteered for 76 million hours and gave $185 million in ...

Meanwhile: Incense shortage?

bad news for sacristans this week: we could be facing an incense crisis, as the number of boswellia trees plummets. as a report in the churc...

The best of the web: Cathedrals, the Elgin Marbles, and junk news

what cathedral installations reveal at father ed’s blog, fr ed tomlinson asked why anglican cathedrals are putting tourist attractions in th...

Overlooked: Renewed pressure on Chinese priests

what happened? chinese clergy are coming under renewed pressure, despite the vatican’s attempts to find a middle ground, according to report...

The big story: US deportee dies in Iraq

what happened? jimmy aldaoud, a catholic who was deported to iraq despite never having lived there and speaking no arabic, has been found de...

Divine understanding

we often hear biblical scholars speak of god’s self-emptying in the incarnation, of christ’s burying himself into anonymity, and of god’s pa...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser