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How pride became a virtue

if someone were to produce a word count of one of the most overused words in our language today, i imagine that the word “pride” would come ...

The big story of the past seven days

✣ cardinal’s aide arrested for alleged child abuse what happened? the former chancellor of the archdiocese of santiago, chile, was arrested ...

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online cleared of murder – then hugged by a pope amaury coutansais-pervinquière told the incredible story of toma...

Britain: Education - an inspector calls

the ofsted head’s latest speech won’t allay the concerns of faith schools "the last thing a chief inspector should be is a crusader.” so sai...

United States: Courtroom drama

is brett kavanaugh the man who will finally bring down roe? "vibrant” is a curious way to describe the catholic community in washington dc. ...

Michael Warren Davis

Diary: by Harry Mount

why do british men wear socks and jackets during the intense heat? after years of sweating through summer parties, i’ve made a breakthrough ...

When ‘no change’ changed everything

for the philosopher ralph mcinerny, 1968 was “the year the church fell apart”. for peter steinfels, it saw the beginning of “the vietnam war...

Stephen Bullivant

Fr Raymond J de Souza: A date with history

regular readers will know that i keep an eye out for anniversaries, and the coincidence of historical dates. the liturgy itself points us th...

Fr Raymond de Souza

The monks who have to be beer snobs

sir alec guinness reminisced in his memoirs about a visit he made to mount st bernard abbey in 1957, a year after his conversion to the cath...

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