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managua tens of thousands rally in support of nicaragua’s bishops a huge crowd of nicaraguans marched in support of their bishops in the cap...

The Pope’s in-tray: Back to work

francis’s packed august schedule includes a daunting trip to ireland pope francis is back to work this coming week, after a month of “stayca...

Christopher R. Altieri

McCarrick scandal: O’Malley’s new challenge

the cardinal’s formidable record on abuse is being tested in 2014, pope francis chose cardinal seán o’malley of boston to head the new ponti...

Michael Warren Davis

Who’s next?

recent media coverage of gk chesterton’s possible canonisation morphed into speculation as to when he would be made a saint. misunderstandin...

Fr Raymond J de Souza: A promotion for lay people

it was thirty years ago this summer that st john paul ii promulgated pastor bonus, his reorganization of the roman curia, completing the cur...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Matthew Schmitz: The avuncular archbishop

theodore mccarrick did not want to be known as a father. he encouraged young men and boys to call him “uncle”, and called them his nephews i...

Matthew Schmitz

Missionary work: not just for priests

book extract a parish, by nature, is missionary. it opens out. it does not fold in upon itself. jesus sent his disciples: ‘‘go into all the ...

Cardinal Francis Arinze

Wild liturgy with the kitchen sink thrown in

what is a catholic to make of a “mass” in which the celebrant throws the host to the ground and smashes the communion chalice in fury? the a...

Damian Thompson

Pope Francis changes Catechism to say death penalty 'inadmissible'

Cardinal Ladaria said the change does not contradict previous Church teaching