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Pope laicises Argentine priest for multiple cases of child abuse

são paulo, brazil – pope francis removed argentine father justo josé ilarraz of the diocese of santísima concepción in tucumán from the prie...

EduardoCamposLima

The SSPX's bishop problem

on june 30, 1988, archbishop marcel lefebvre, without vatican authorisation, consecrated four priests to the episcopate: bernard fellay, ber...

A Catholic call to action for peace and justice in Gaza

as we enter the advent season—a time for catholics to reflect on the hope and promise of christ’s birth—i feel compelled to address a matter...

Who comes next? It's not inappropriate to speculate on Pope Francis's successor

rome – whenever popes begin to age or fall sick, two developments are as inevitable as the rising and the setting of the sun. first, some pe...

US Bishops and Jews co-release booklet on anti-Semitic terms and tropes

the us bishops’ conference and american jewish committee have published a new version of the latter’s glossary of antisemitic rhetoric that ...

Pope wants Rome to host young pilgrims ‘from every part of the earth’ for Jubilee

pope francis has written a letter to families, parishes and religious communities in the diocese of rome urging them to host young pilgrims ...

Mystery of Mary Magdalene’s whereabouts in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel resolved

an italian art restorer is “firmly convinced” she has identified the famous female follower of jesus in michelangelo’s celebrated sisti...

The Catholic Herald

Vatican Nativity scene with Christ child on Palestinian keffiyeh removed

a nativity scene displayed at the vatican that depicted the infant jesus resting upon a palestinian keffiyeh has now been removed after caus...

Another English cardinal: the view from outside St Peter's Basilica

melanie mcdonagh gives a personal view of the elevation of timothy radcliffe op rome – it is, of course, a great honour to be invited to att...

Melanie McDonagh

You can blame Aristotle: a new play and an old love for the theatre

aristotle firmly believed that tragedy in theatre should inspire pity and terror – and who am i to contradict him? one of my plays was perfo...