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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...

Catholic magazine compares Italy's Matteo Salvini to Satan

Salvini has said the Famiglia Cristiana cover is in bad taste and that many Catholics support him

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Chilean cardinal summoned by state prosecutor for alleged abuse cover up

Cardinal Ezzati is accused of failing to deal quickly enough with allegations of abuse