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hobbs, new mexico virgin mary statue is ‘weeping olive oil’ a seven-foot bronze statue of the virgin mary appears to be weeping tears compos...

Accountability at the Vatican: Special treatment

the mccarrick case has revealed a defect in the system if the allegations against cardinal theodore mccarrick are true, they represent a mic...

Christopher R. Altieri

Dallas Charter: Back to the drawing board

do the current child protection norms need a radical overhaul? the scandal of cardinal theodore mccarrick’s alleged abuse has just become ev...

Michael Warren Davis

Consecrated virgins: Body and soul

the vatican has caused alarm by saying consecrated virgins need not be virgins since 1970, when the rite of consecration of virgins was rein...

Bishops on the barricades

shaky video footage shows priests processing with the blessed sacrament through the low-walled streets of sébaco. this is no ordinary day in...

Fr Raymond J de Souza: A millennial problem

is pope francis, like donald trump, guilty of abject capitulation to russia’s vladimir putin? that question was raised by one of the most re...

Fr Raymond de Souza

How not to get rich

losing your religion can be good for your wealth, claims a new study carried out by the universities of bristol and tennessee. it argues tha...

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