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How 13 cardinals changed the course of history

The letter that proved to be the turning point showed the Holy Spirit was at work in a most unexpected way

Fr Raymond de Souza

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✣   highlights from the week online what do ecumenical gestures really mean? at his blog archbishop cranmer, the anglican adrian hilton...

Survivor of labour camp is named cardinal

pope francis has named 17 new cardinals including an albanian priest who spent decades in communist labour camps. the list also includes thr...

Pope prays amid rubble left by earthquake

pope francis made a surprise visit to the site of a devastating earthquake in central italy last week and prayed silently and alone amid the...

Is the liturgy a laughing matter?

justin welby was hailed as the “archbishop of banterbury” in a daily mail headline last week after footage of him reducing the pope to fits ...

Madeleine Teahan

Bach, my violin and God

most classical musicians “don’t do god”, in alistair campbell’s notorious phrase. kyung wha chung is different. ‘‘i have a deep faith,” she ...

Peter Quantrill

Music: Saints and refugees give Verdi an edge

there are times in opera when the theatre is effectively the show, as was the case last week in the italian town of parma: famous for its ha...

Jenny McCartney: I feel sorry for girls today

the journalist nick cohen – in an article lamenting the fact that organisers of literary festivals expect writers to give their time free of...

Jenny McCartney

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Pope Francis calls for an immediate ceasefire in Syria

At the end of his general audience, Pope Francis begged fighters on both sides to allow civilians to be evacuated

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