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Overlooked: 'Uncrowned king of Poland' to be beatified

what happened? the late polish cardinal stefan wyszyński will be beatified, after pope francis gave official vatican approval to a miracle b...

The big story: Amazon synod opens amid fierce debate

what happened? the amazon synod has begun at the vatican, with controversy from the very first moment. the synod, which aims to discuss the ...

St Thérèse, Newman and an extraordinary journey into the Church

one day ethel, the wife of alexander james grant, a scottish presbyterian pastor, left a newspaper in her husband’s office. it was a copy of...

The Catholic Herald

Systems of oppression? We baldies know all about that

compare and contrast. on the one hand, you have the eternal verities contained in the bible – like the past two sundays’ mass readings, the ...

Amazon synod: Will the faith get lost in the rainforest?

for three weeks in october, 185 bishops, missionaries and scholars, mostly from south america and europe, will meet in rome at amazon synod....

Diary: We academics can benefit from Newman's understanding of the heart

diaries are a dizzying technology. they are a subject equally worthy of a sonnet and a philosophical treatise. even the most humble daily re...

The JPII Institute changes have US thinkers up in arms

substantial changes to the faculty and curriculum of the john paul ii institute in rome have alarmed american catholic philosophers. the cha...

Is Britain about to legalise the selling of babies?

culturally, it seems a lifetime ago when the catholic church in britain withdrew from its work in adoption and foster care after finding its...

Pope Francis has the tools to reduce tensions. Will he use them?

if there were a way to convey in a single sentence what is needed amid all the talk of schism, it would be, “everybody calm down: things are...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Mexico City to Maputo

grand rapids, michigan adoption agency wins ‘discrimination’ battle a catholic adoption agency has won a court battle against the state of m...