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Prize crossword 0597

cryptic across 5 main tour planned is a beast in ancient crete (8) 7 kick from the spirit of the age i get, i sadly miss (4) 9 transport ran...

Don't alter the Our Father

many years ago, when my father found himself in an international setting, someone asked him – i believe it was a hungarian linguist – what t...

Ann Widdecombe: I was branded a 'vile' bigot for opinions I don't hold

free speech in the uk is supposedly guaranteed under article 10 of the human rights act 1998. the act specifies that such a right is limited...

What happens when a priest is too traditional for his parish?

it’s something of a trope these days. first, a young priest is assigned to a new parish, where he reintroduces elements of the pre-vatican i...

Michael Warren Davis

World news: from Houston to Hong Kong

peoria, illinois archbishop sheen’s body will be moved as appeal fails the body of venerable fulton sheen will be moved to peoria, after a l...

The best of the web: Sign language, papal press conferences and Twitter's demons

clerics who helped create sign language for millennia, wrote inés antón dayas at national geographic, those “with hearing impairments encoun...

Overlooked: Five bishops issue 'declaration of truths'

what happened? cardinal raymond burke and three bishops from kazakhstan have signed a document aiming to affirm traditional church teaching ...

Hurrah for the language of prostitutes, beggars, pimps – and bishops

the vatican unveiled its latest innovation last saturday: a news bulletin spoken entirely in latin. hebdomada papae (“the pope’s week”) is a...

The Catholic Herald

US bishops vote to create hotline for reporting abuse by bishops

a nationwide third-party system for receiving confidential reports of "certain complaints" against bishops took a step closer to being imple...

Dennis Sadowski

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/06/19

a poll has found that a quarter of us catholics have reduced their mass attendance because of the abuse crisis ( full report ). the vatican ...