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Pope’s pilgrimage to Canada: why mystery surrounds the graves

any question raised about the mass graves involving indigenous people in canada immediately generates the accusation of someone being an apo...
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Door is open: Pope resignation rumours grow as he repeats phrase on future

the rumour mill surrounding pope francis’ future will hardly have been calmed as the pontiff returned from his “pilgrimage of penance” to ca...
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How the Catholic Church can reverse its collapse in Latin America

latin america has long been associated with catholicism. for the first time in history, the head of the church is a latin american. to this ...
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Will the Catholic countries of eastern Europe have their own “Brexit”?

europe is facing a major split, with the more nationalist, conservative and largely catholic central and eastern eu states increasingly goin...
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Merely Catholic: The Spiritual Battle after Roe v Wade

this week, dr gavin ashenden will be joined by melissa villalobos, the recipient of the miracle that led to the canonisation of cardinal st ...
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Entertaining the prospect of a papal resignation

it is not, as the herald goes to press, apparent that the pope will resign, but plainly there is speculation that he may do so this year. he...
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Scotland’s loss of religion is a matter of grave concern

it comes as no surprise that the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon, should have called for a new referendum on the issu...
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The Church and Galileo

when it comes to pr disasters, the church’s handling of the galileo affair is right up there. to the modern mind, the galileo affair is the ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

Diary: A heartening weekend at the Colloquium of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy

ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, habitare fratres in unum – psalm 133 as i reflect on my experience of lockdown as a new priest appointed t...
Fr Liam Carpenter

On pilgrimage with Joanna Bogle

where would you go? i’d go to walsingham. i love it. i’ve been on genuine pilgrimages, on foot, by coach – which you can keep; i loathe coac...
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