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Brussels can feel like a city that has abandoned God

working and living in brussels can feel like finding yourself marooned in enemy territory. a friend who once worked there on human rights le...

A Divided Heart: how the pilgrim paths through Austria led me into the Church

the current appreciation of el camino , the pilgrim route to santiago de compostela, is the climb of the pyrenees from south-west france and...

Sound of silence: the British Museum's latest exhibition only tells part of an important story

it’s fair to say that there’s a lot of interesting stuff in the british museum’s latest exhibition, legion: life in the roman army . in fact...

The spirituality of Pax Aeterna

james davy finds respect and equality in the interplay between piano and plainsong in a new disc from pluscarden abbey. plainchant has an as...

Maryann Corbett: Profound and darkly comic

nick ripatrazone enjoys the latest collection of poems by maryann corbett both entertaining and devotional. tucked in the back of a book, an...

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The return to 'Satanic panic': Canada's grief for mass murders never committed

on may 27, 2021, chief rosanne casimir of the tk’emlúps te secwépemc first nation announced that ground penetrating radar (gpr) technology h...

Ireland's vocations crisis reflects lack of ‘initiative’ and ‘evasion of issue’ by Church

the irish catholic church was seen for generations as the jewel in the crown of the english-speaking clerical world. scores of parishes in g...

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Religious from 60 countries converge on Vatican to prep for 2025 Jubilee of Hope

rome – religious representatives are converging on the vatican this week to prepare for the upcoming 2025 jubilee of hope celebrations, whic...

The problem with Saint Brigid’s pagan makeover

saint brigid now has her own state-sanctioned bank holiday in ireland, which this year falls on monday, 5 february, following the saint's fe...

Religion, knowledge and liberty seen through the Michaela School prayer row

i almost certainly would have been expelled from the michaela community school within a week. like most of my so-called “boomer” generation,...