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A new ideology is attacking celibacy. We've been through all this before

the consensus has it out for priestly celibacy and chastity in catholicism. which means we the faithful, lay and clerical, are called to ral...

Tagle: Confront the 'stench of filth' caused by abuse

an expert on abuse prevention offered “practical suggestions” to participants at a vatican summit on child sexual abuse on thursday, while t...

Catholic News Agency

Sodalit founder expelled from congregation

the founder of the sodalitium christianae vitae has been formally expelled from the group, and forbidden from contacting any member of the s...

Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/02/19

leaked documents have raised new questions about when the vatican knew of allegations against argentine bishop gustavo zanchetta ( spanish r...

Letters from the Vatican #4

“ grant, we pray, almighty god, that no tempests may disturb us, for you have set us fast on the rock of the apostle peter’s confession of f...

Xavier Rynne II

Why priests need our prayers now more than ever

an article in catholic world report for monday, titled “a priest who offered his life in reparation for the sins of priests” by dr patrick k...

Francis Phillips

Prize crossword 0581

cryptic across 7 cult member gets two boys to join up (8) 8 writing’s on the wall for a captain in retreat (4) 9 little time to get to grips...

How to… Read Scripture

in dei verbum, the council fathers pointed out that there are many ways to encounter scripture, including in the liturgy. as for reading, th...

The Catholic Herald

The test of the summit: will whistleblowers be protected?

as the old adage goes, you don’t fatten a pig by weighing it. nor do you solve an abuse crisis simply by having summits to discuss it. it is...

Fr Dominic Allain

St Thérèse understood the spirit of Sexagesima

in the traditional roman calendar this sunday is called sexagesima, latin for the “sixtieth” day before easter. these three purple-draped su...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf