Holy See

on august 15, the solemnity of the assumption, 80,000 people gathered at the shrine of our lady of la vang in vietnam. you might have expect...

The Catholic Herald

we need to get our own house in order sir – matthew schmitz (cover story, august 9) asks how it is that when our churches are desecrated, th...

The Catholic Herald

how should one evaluate the relationship of a poet with the church, when his verse is either obscure or plainly hostile to organised religio...

Benjamin Ivry

in 1981, john paul ii released familiaris consortio, a document which stated that unless the divorced and remarried abstain from sex, admitt...

Matthew Schmitz

at the heart of the controversy over the dismantling of the john paul ii institute in rome is the effective sacking of two leading moral the...

Fr Raymond de Souza

a year ago, archbishop carlo maria viganò was a retired diplomat who was little known beyond the limited world of vaticanologists. he had re...

Fr Mark Drew

at last, newman house university chaplaincy has gone contactless. we still pass the money bags around at mass, as if following a half-rememb...

Fr Stephen Wang

few things in the realms of the human psyche can prove quite so traumatising as the loss of a high status once enjoyed. the history of argen...

Andrew Cusack

the protracted crisis in the us diocese of buffalo has piqued rome’s interest, as many of buffalo’s 727,000 catholics have lost confidence i...

Christopher R. Altieri

washington, dc shrine rector investigated the diocese of scranton has begun an investigation intovmgr walter rossi, the longstanding rector ...

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