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Archbishop unveils app to help faithful find Mass

archbishop leo cushley has unveiled a gps-powered mass and confession finding app. the archbishop of st andrews and edinburgh announced the ...

Bishops’ apology for genocide role reopens row

the bishops of rwanda have asked forgiveness for catholics’ role in the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people – mostly ethnic tuts...

Pope: I’ve doubted ‘many times’

everyone experiences doubts about their faith occasionally – “i have many times,” pope francis said – but such doubts can be “a sign that we...

The ‘establishment’ cardinal sent into exile

pope francis and cardinal raymond burke have a number of things in common. both are advocates of popular piety: the pope went all the way to...

How the ‘dubia’ drama will end

prognostications are a dangerous pastime for commentators, and in the papacy of pope francis the business of making predictions seems a part...

Briefly noted

peace on earth: the renaissance of christian humanism by edwin jones (resource publications, £18) . this enthusiastic book whistles a famili...

December 4 to December 10

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Vatican doctrinal chief: it’s not my job to engage in the dubia controversy

Cardinal Gerhard Müller said the CDF could only speak with the authority of the Pope