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Irish faith leaders decry Chinese treatment of ethnic Uyghur Muslims

more than fifty irish faith leaders -- including several catholic figures -- have signed a statement condemning the persecution of the uyghu...

Criminal, Sociopathic, Satanic -- and a Story We've Heard Before

ravi zacharias, who died in may of last year, was american evangelicalism’s superstar apologist. the movement’s flagship magazine, christian...

Winter Diary: Light and heat

i go to check the beehive and close it up for winter; put up a zinc mouse guard, a strap around the hive to prevent the roof blowing off. th...

John Ryan – gently lampooning the Catholic sixties

i did not know that captain pugwash was a catholic until i recently encountered him making his confession—of the sin of envy, at the success...

Serenhedd James

The Politics of Synods

there has been swooning in the media over pope francis’s appointment of a french woman religious, sr nathalie becquart, as one of two new un...

Adam A.J. DeVille

Pope Francis: Christian prayer instills ‘invincible hope’ in the human heart

vatican city, feb 10, 2021 / 04:30 am mt ( cna ) .- pope francis said on wednesday that prayer can fortify us as we face the challenges of d...

Catholic News Agency

Francis is Right: Fraternity is Good for the Soul and Requires Covid Restrictions

"fraternity is the true cure for the pandemic and the many evils that have affected us," pope francis told the vatican diplomatic corps mond...

Hong Kong Catholic lawyer nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

cna staff, feb 4, 2021 / 12:02 am mt ( cna ) .- a catholic lawyer who helped found the pro-democracy movement in hong kong has been nominate...

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When I Was a Young Monk in Despair

when i was a very young monk, just 23 and in the monastery for only a year, a reading from thomas merton at our midday office created a grea...

Blessed Sacrament found intact after explosion at Madrid parish

madrid, spain, feb 1, 2021 / 06:25 pm mt (cna).- rescuers in madrid, spain announced last week that a consecrated host was found intact amid...