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Vatican Abuse and Coverup Trial: Officials' Testimony Casts Doubt on Key Witness

three priests gave testimony on wednesday in an abuse and coverup trial underway in the vatican, all of whom denied ever witnessing or heari...

Christopher Altieri

When Dawkins Teaches Catechism

i have never quite gotten the schtick of the new atheists. there are lots of things in which i don’t believe, including leprechauns and unic...

Charles Collins

100 Catholic Writers & Artists 1921-2021

catholicism has always found expression in art – and art has derived much of its character from catholicism. a religion that has at its hear...

The Catholic Herald

The joys of silence

it is a truism that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. i have just published a book on monastic lessons, having visited ten monast...

"An outstanding Catholic priest"

the death of mgr mark langham in january has left a void in many people’s lives, for his influence was immense. urbane, witty, humane and im...

Serenhedd James

Amid hefty legal fees, Buffalo diocese cuts Catholic school spending

cna staff, mar 30, 2021 / 07:19 pm mt (cna).- following its bankruptcy filing last year, the diocese of buffalo, new york has cut spending o...

Pertinacious Popery: The Roman Origins of the Notary Public

st clement by giovanni battista tiepolo, 1730-1735 for the lover of the picturesque and the romantic – that is to say, the medieval – one’s ...

Charles-A-Coulombe

Swiss voters narrowly back ban on burqa, niqab as religious leaders voice concern

cna staff, mar 8, 2021 / 06:33 pm mt ( cna ) .- swiss voters have narrowly approved a proposal to ban religious facial coverings in pub...

Finding God on a Mountaintop

as i kissed my fiancée soledad goodbye at the airport, i felt full of excitement. it was 12 october 1972, and i was off to santiago in chile...

Crisis? What crisis?

cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul, philadelphia (credit: shakzu, istock) one of my favourite pastimes as a priest is listening to ...