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The greatest miracle of all: the incomprehensible natural phenomenon of human nativity

james lefanu describes the almost incomprehensible natural phenomenon culminating in the birth of each one of us . seeing the christmas stor...

Home is where the hearth is

recalibrating christmas, one year at a time . midnight mass at the brompton oratory, 2013. as the celestial music and voices swirled to ever...

‘Mystic passionate emotion’: Hector Berlioz’s uncompromising Catholic vision

although he wrote a requiem mass, te deum , and other spiritual compositions, the french romantic composer hector berlioz has regularly rece...

A Christmas Alleluia!

at this time of year, we should celebrate god’s gift of his life and the gift of our salvation, writes john studzinski . “alleluia!” around ...

John Studzinski

Music can contribute to the joys and thoughtful memories of the Christmas season

of all the holy days of the liturgical calendar, none involves the senses more than christmas. the sensory experiences of christmas invoke f...

An apocalyptic band sees the world through the incarnation of Christ

an apocalyptic band sees the world through the incarnation of christ. it was around this time of year three years ago that i encountered the...

Katherine Bennett

From Texas to the tribunal, the perplexities of papal power

john l allen jr explains the absolute power of the pope, but also that two current controversial situations are very different in nature. al...

Pope meets with Celtic, Scotland's traditionally Catholic football team

leicester, united kingdom – pope francis met on wednesday with members of the scottish soccer team celtic, a day after they played the rome ...

Charles Collins

Pope Francis postpones commitments ahead of Dubai trip due to lung inflammation

rome – as a result of what the vatican described on monday as an inflammation of his lungs, for which he’s receiving antibiotic treatments, ...

Nostra Aetate revisited: do papal overtures to Muslims compromise the Church's relationship with Jews?

rome - when pope francis was elected in 2013, the forecast among those invested in jewish-catholic dialogue generally was rosy. the new pope...