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Diary: Finding the right church in the Big Apple

i had never lived in new york city before i moved to manhattan in 2018. it was daunting to come as a fully formed adult with a 14-year-old c...

Janine di Giovanni

Why we need Black History Month

in the united states, february is designated as black history month. the uk similarly designates october of each year. while, of course, the...

Dutch Adrian: the Pope nobody wanted

after the death of pope leo x on 1 december 1521, the papal conclave witnessed opposing factions of french and spanish cardinals deadlocked ...

Gatekeeper to a new school of English expression

john constable, always a household name, still stands shy of the international stage. although he warrants this major new biography; he sits...

Pope Emeritus Benedict sets record straight over disputed meeting about abusive priest

pope emeritus benedict xvi has apologized for mistakenly saying that he did not attend a disputed meeting in 1980 while serving as archbisho...

Unrepentant U.S. President Biden vows to promote abortion with 'every tool' at his disposal

president joe biden pledged to defend a so-called right to abortion and reaffirmed his commitment to the widespread availability of the proc...

Christine-Rousselle

Downside monks to leave historic abbey after two centuries in 'stepping stone' move to Buckfast

benedictine monks are to move out of historic downside abbey as they search for a new home for the community. the last eight monks will lodg...

Have children instead of pets, Pope advises Catholic couples

pope francis has said that it is a civilizational loss when dogs and cats replace children in society, encouraging couples to “take the risk...

Dickens has been proved wrong about the festive season

if charles dickens had combined his own capacity for overwrought emotional fantasy with h.g. wells’s talent for speculative fiction,  a...

Diary: William Cash looks to the future of Catholic Journlism

back in september we decided to put worth school in sussex on the cover of our education supplement. a first. not long after, i was invited ...