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Priests forever

on saturday two men prostrated themselves on the cool flagstones of st george’s cathedral during their priestly ordination for the archdioce...

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The big story of the past seven days

✣ cardinal faces explosive new abuse claim what happened? a man accused cardinal theodore mccarrick of abusing him for nearly 20 years from ...

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✣ highlights from the week online where seminarians struggle to survive seminarians in venezuela are giving up their studies to support thei...

In brief

hobbs, new mexico virgin mary statue is ‘weeping olive oil’ a seven-foot bronze statue of the virgin mary appears to be weeping tears compos...

British schools: Can Catholic RE survive?

a new challenge to the bishops’ authority in the last few years a series of reports have called for major reforms to religious education. th...

Diary: by Fr Michael Ward

to birmingham, to be ordained priest. the car journey north from my home in the suburbs of oxford starts out by taking me past newman road i...

Fr Michael Ward

Forty years of clashing with the Church

a famous leftist revolutionary, hoping to shore up electoral support, backs a strict pro-life law. a government minister genuflects in front...

When Catholics feel betrayed

why on earth do we stay in a church in which clerics commit sexual abuse? the easiest answer is realism. we tell ourselves that some sexual ...

Music: Knussen’s Fireworks light up the Proms

given how far in advance concert schedules get fixed, it’s good to know that things can sometimes happen on the spur of the moment – as they...

Film: A thoughtful take on the miracle industry

how can the church deal with claims of apparitions in an increasingly secular, disbelieving world? that is one of the questions at the heart...