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Senators quiz nominee about membership of ‘extreme’ Knights of Columbus

members of the senate judiciary committee have questioned a candidate for the federal bench over his membership of the knights of columbus, ...

Pope Francis tells Curia: 'Spare no effort' in bringing abusers to justice

pope francis strongly condemned clerical sex abuse in his annual christmas speech to the roman curia friday, promising that the church leade...

Courtney Grogan/CNA

What is Pope Francis doing in 2019?

The Pope has a busy schedule, but February's meeting on abuse could be a defining moment

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/12/18

vietnam has reportedly agreed to allow the holy see to appoint a resident nuncio “in the near future” . pope francis met the nobel prize-win...

Does the Christmas classic ‘Baby, it’s Cold Outside’ really promote date rape?

a controversy has erupted on american airwaves: should frank loesser’s christmas classic, baby, it’s cold outside, be banned by radio statio...

How America helped revive the Boar's Head feast

we americans have a way of taking european customs and cultural items, reinventing them to our liking, and as often as not sending them back...

Charles Coulombe

The double message of Christmas

i’ve never been happy with some of my activist friends who send out christmas cards with messages like: “may the peace of christ disturb you...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Omnium Gatherum

the image’s deceptive simplicity is of an order accomplished only by a master. brown ink pen strokes. brown wash. traces of black lead. the ...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

How to feast like a medieval Catholic

"good day, sir christmas, our king!” proclaims an english carol of the 15th century, welcoming the beginning of the christmas season, and te...

The hammer that laid Europe’s foundations

as europe passed the poignant milestone of november 11, it could have escaped no one’s attention what inspired the project to unite the cont...