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Abolishing the priesthood would tear the heart out of the Church

a year ago, there appeared in the national catholic reporter an account of a catholic men’s gathering at cape cod, which the periodical said...
Sohrab Ahmari

The small college attracting some of the Church's best brains

these are the first days of spring in new england, when you begin to understand why robert frost said “nature’s first green is gold”. three ...
Michael Warren Davis

How to… Join the Swiss Guards

there have only been 100 serving swiss guards at any one time since their numbers were fixed in 1979. so competition to join this ancient an...
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Letters & emails

why women cannot be ordained sir – i wonder why matthew schmitz (comment, may 17) did not give your readers the reason why pope st john paul...
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We've come a long way since Cranmer called the pope the antichrist

in 1971, hunter s thompson looked back on his time in san francisco in the mid-1960s in one wistful passage from his most famous specimen of...
Andrew Petiprin

Who is in line to succeed the Vatican doctrinal chief?

last week was all about consistories. when will the next one be? who would turn 80 when, and what will it all mean for the church heading ou...
Christopher R. Altieri

World News: from Cipoletti to China

erie, pennsylvania priest reconciled with website he called ‘from the devil’ a priest has apologised to the media organisation church milita...
The Catholic Herald

Meanwhile: crazy designs for Notre-Dame

the competition has begun. architects are pitching their proposals for the redesign of notre dame – and some of the ideas fall rather short ...
The Catholic Herald

Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/05/19

the archdiocese of washington is facing “a defining moment” , archbishop wilton gregory said at his installation mass yesterday ( full text ...
Luke Coppen

Severely disabled French man returned to life support

a severely disabled french man, who has been artificially fed and hydrated in a hospital in northeastern france for over 10 years, was taken...
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