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what was “washington’s birthday” is quickly approaching us: now often redubbed “presidents’ day”, the repackaging allows us to forget “linco...

Charles Coulombe

dear father rutler, i don’t like giving the sign of the peace at mass. it seems to me like a needless distraction. i can glad-hand mrs smith...

Fr George Rutler

at 8:45am last sunday, a bomb exploded during mass near the cathedral of our lady of mount carmel in the southern philippines. it shattered ...

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notre dame, indiana christopher columbus murals to be covered up notre dame university has decided to cover up its 19th-century murals depic...

Staff writers

pope francis launched his own profile on the “click to pray” app on sunday, january 20, just ahead of his departure for world youth day cele...

Christopher R. Altieri

oliver cromwell reportedly paused over the body of charles i – freshly liberated of its head – and muttered, “cruel necessity.” no doubt he ...

Michael Warren Davis

archbishop anthony fisher of sydney was one of the leading protagonists at last october’s youth synod in rome. in an outspoken address, he a...

Jordan Bloom

australia’s second youngest archbishop, archbishop anthony fisher op of sydney, has made quite an impression on the global church. speaking ...

Natasha Marsh

world youth day appeared, even for those of us who watched from afar, to be the church at her best – joyous, united, drawing energy for evan...

Fr Raymond de Souza

the kaiser should have faced justice sir – in his review of the trial of the kaiser (books, january 25), allan massie concludes that “german...

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