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Russian Orthodox leaders are terrified they will go the same way as Constantinople

Patriarch Kirill senses that his Church stands to lose ever more territory and influence

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Diary: by William Cash

in a month’s time, i will be boarding a plane to washington for the launch of the new american weekly edition of the catholic herald. this i...

Portugal: Child’s play

one country offers lessons in how to evangelise young catholics at a time when the church is reflecting on how to attract young people, port...

Filipe D'Avillez

Abuse crisis: The state we’re in

how far will the new department of justice investigation go? state involvement in the ongoing clerical abuse crisis in the american church w...

Michael Warren Davis

Cafod: Communication breakdown

a watchdog’s bark was worse than its bite as the reins change hands at cafod, with chris bain (pictured) departing as director later this ye...

Youth synod: The final straight

can the bishops’ concluding document please everyone? a pair of high-profile invitations came to pope francis last week – one from china an...

Christopher R. Altieri

In brief

newark, united states university asks for courtesy as students abuse seminarians students at a catholic university have been urged to be civ...

Recovering the delicate radicalism of Debussy

one of this year’s major cultural anniversaries has been the centenary of the death of debussy, a composer who ranks alongside schoenberg an...

A tough month for fans of a great storyteller

earlier this month, taylor swift made an appeal to her fans via instagram in which she attacked the voting record of the republican candidat...

Madeleine Teahan

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online the church needs better seminaries to tackle the sexual abuse crisis, the church must reform its seminarie...