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Scottish bishops disturbed by criminalisation of Mass attendance in Ireland

the “thoughts and prayers” of the church of scotland are with irish catholics, says bishop hugh gilbert, osb, president of the scottish bish...
Staff Reporter

Gregorian University's Centre for Child Protection to get new name, mission profile

the pontifical gregorian university, file photo / paolo pegoraro   beginning on 1 september 2021, the church’s flagship academic founda...
Tommaso Pozzi

Bruce Springsteen's Glory Days

‘‘i wouldn’t have believed it myself if i wasn’t standing here,” bruce springsteen said on november 8, 1996. the crowd cheered; they knew wh...
Nick Ripatrazone

Cardinals to vote on canonization of Charles de Foucauld, six others

pope francis has called an ordinary public consistory to consider seven causes for canonization, including that of blessed charles de foucau...
Tommaso Pozzi

Pope Francis prays for victims of tragedies in Caribbean, Iraq, and the Mediterranean Sea

in remarks following the recitation of the regina coeli on sunday, pope francis highlighted a number of tragedies around the world. caribbea...
Staff Reporter

Responsibility, Accountability, Transparency: The State of Church Reform

over the past few years, journalists – including this vatican watcher – and experts in a host of related or adjacent fields have written ad ...
Christopher Altieri

St George: The soldier-saint of which little is known for sure

st george by hans von kulmbach c.1510   this brief on the life of st george was originally published in 2013. - ed. st george is patron...
Staff writers

George Floyd Verdict: Prayers for Change

"a sobering moment for our community," is how the archbishop of st. paul-minneapolis, bernard hebda described the situation in the wake of t...
Priscilla Huff

'Humanitarian Catastrophe' as New Wave of Covid-19 Hits Brazil

aerial view of the graves of covid-19 victims at the nossa senhora aparecida cemetery in manaus, amazon state, brazil, on april 15, 2021. (m...
Eduardo Campos Lima

When Dawkins Teaches Catechism

i have never quite gotten the schtick of the new atheists. there are lots of things in which i don’t believe, including leprechauns and unic...
Charles Collins