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Pope Francis: Prayer is about God's love, not wordiness

when praying, remember the words of jesus when he taught the ‘our father,’ pope francis said wednesday, meeting god as his beloved child and...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

China deal: has the Vatican painted itself into a corner?

shortly before christmas, the vatican sent a delegation to china to discuss the controversial deal unveiled in september. the pact’s wording...
The Catholic Herald

Why Taki’s views disgust me

Sohrab Ahmari argues that the veteran Greek playboy has ignorantly misrepresented the New York Times
Sohrab Ahmari

2018 in review: the Church's annus horribilis

This was the year that the abuse crisis engulfed the Church, and those in power failed to live up to the challenge
Christopher R. Altieri

O’Malley sent concerns about NY priest to apostolic nuncio after NY Times report

the archbishop of boston this month forwarded to the pope’s u.s. representative concerns sent to him about a new york priest who was in acti...
Catholic News Agency

New York archdiocese issued suitability letter for priest under abuse investigation

the archdiocese of new york told a california college this month that a local priest had never been accused of sexual abuse, even while the ...
Ed Condon/CNA

McCarrick abused youth during confession, lawyer charges

a man who says he was serially sexually abused by archbishop theodore mccarrick testified thursday as part of a vatican investigation regard...
JD Flynn/CNA

Vatican court convicts Italian of money laundering

the vatican city state court sentenced an italian contractor, who had done work for several vatican offices, to 2 1/2 years in jail for usin...
Cindy Wooden

'My filth crackles as He seizes hold of me': an interview with Sister Wendy Beckett

the copthorne tam hotel is a tall, nondescript tower-block that sheds a thick shadow across the back of high street kensington station. the ...
Freddy Gray

Priest apologises for funeral homily that focused on suicide

a michigan priest criticised for emphasising suicide in his homily during a recent funeral for an 18-year-old who took his own life has sinc...
Carol Zimmermann