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hilaire belloc wrote in 1938 that “islam is apparently unconvertible”. but since the archdiocese of vienna reported five to 10 baptismal req...

Jacob Fareed Imam

it’s become something of a routine now. pope francis delivers a spontaneous lambasting of priests who do this or that which he disapproves o...

Fr Raymond de Souza

after sleeping with her fiancé’s brother, loretta floats into her mother’s brooklyn kitchen only to hear that her fiancé has returned from p...

Elizabeth Scalia

only one cardinal had their own campaign song at the last conclave. not an official one, of course: presumably that would result in an early...

Luke Coppen

christ’s samurai by jonathan clements robinson, £14.99 in late 1637, rebellion erupted in the amakusa islands in south-western japan and qui...

Jonathan Wright

luke 10:25-37 25 a teacher of the law came up and tried to trap jesus. “teacher,” he asked, “what must i do to receive eternal life?” 26 jes...

Mgr Anthony Abela

1 abouna aphram ozan from the syriac orthodox church in london, with parishioners from our lady of victories church, at the kensington frien...

The Catholic Herald

cryptic across 7 country girl is able to move forward (6) 8 more idiotic, comparatively barmy, but not around the bend (6) 9 inclination whe...

Alun Evans

last month i visited thorens-glières in the savoyard alps, the birthplace of st francis de sales. i have felt a particular devotion to this ...

Piers Paul Read

we live in a world wherein most everything overstimulates our grandiosity, even as we are handed fewer and fewer tools to deal with that. se...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser