Pope Francis

Testament of youth

when older catholics speak about the younger generation it is usually with an air of despondency. there is good reason for this: the statist...
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The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online francis in no mood to reach out to critics pope francis was not in a reconciliatory mood over the h...
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Let’s rethink Confirmation, says bishop

the bishop of portsmouth has called for a new approach to the sacrament of confirmation in his diocese, saying that young people need to be ...
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Dubia cardinal: this is about eternal salvation

one of the four cardinals who have asked the pope to clarify his apostolic exhortation on the family, amoris laetitia has said that it matte...
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Storm over Maltese bishops’ Communion guidelines

malta’s bishops have said that remarried people should receive communion if they think they are at peace with god. in a new document, “crite...
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Pope tells young: make sure your bishops hear you

pope francis has asked young people to tell him, their bishops and other pastors about their hopes and struggles and criticisms to help info...
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Knight appeals against dismissal

the ousted ‘foreign minister’ of the ancient lay catholic order, the order of malta, has appealed against his suspension to the knights’ int...
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Rumours, leaks and dodgy dossiers

when did the word “dossier” become so sinister? if you’re eager to ratchet up the tension or create a sense of skulduggery then the other op...
Jonathan Wright

The Catholic writer that the 21st century forgot

bruce marshall, who died 30 years ago this year, is the forgotten man of 20th-century catholic letters. the scottish convert and prolific no...
Michael Duggan

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, january 22: third sunday in ordinary time is 8:23-9:3; ps 27; 1 cor 1:10-13, 17; mt 4:12-23 mon...
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