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Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/04/19

opposing benedict xvi to pope francis is a “false game” , cardinal gerhard müller has said. the general secretary of the indian bishops' con...

Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on fire

the roof of notre dame cathedral in paris has collapsed after the building caught fire on monday afternoon. footage posted online shows flam...

Australian media face court over coverage of Pell trial

more than 30 australian journalists and publishers faced court on monday over their coverage of the trial of cardinal george pell for sex ab...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/04/19

at yesterday's angelus, pope francis urged young people to “pray the rosary for peace, especially for peace in the holy land and in the midd...

The crisis is about more than a disintegration of moral theology

when pope benedict xvi renounced the petrine office, he promised to retreat into a secluded - essentially monastic - life of prayer. he has,...

Christopher R. Altieri

Scientific photographs of Shroud of Turin published

a new website aims to make available to catholics and researchers a collection of photographs of the shroud of turin by a scientific photogr...

Catholic News Agency

This Sunday, sing your Hosannas with a difference

with our jewish forebears singing at passover, and with countless catholic generations, at every mass we cry to the lord, “we beseech you, s...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Letters & emails

a solution to the confession crisis sir – regarding low participation in the sacrament of confession (letters, march 22 and 29), may i sugge...

The Catholic Herald

What happens when celebrities walk to Rome

last year, in the bbc two series the road to santiago, a group of celebrities walked the famous camino pilgrimage across spain from biarritz...

The satirist who illuminated the strange world of the 1970s

one of the handicaps of old age is the loss, one by one, of those few commentators and journalists to whom one has long looked for guidance ...

Richard Ingrams