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'Oppenheimer' reminds us of some crucial moral absolutes

on august 6   1945, president truman, when told that the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima had been even more “conspicuous” than the test ...

Anthony McCarthy

US President meets a papal envoy pleading for peace, and a cruel case of déjà vu

rome – though all analogies are inexact, it’s nevertheless tempting to say that with regard to cardinal matteo zuppi’s meeting today with us...

Pentecost in Venice: Enjoying the spiritual vitality of La Serenissima as a living parish

away from the crowds, katherine cole savours the most serene republic during the feast which commemorates the birth of the church. on the la...

Faith groups protest against Guatemala election interference

john lavenburg of crux reports on turmoil in the central american state following the first round of presidential elections new york – a net...

The Catholic Herald

Homeless in Nicaragua lament Ortega’s expulsion of Brazilian nuns

são paulo (crux) – since missionary nuns of the institute of the poor of jesus christ, a brazilian women’s order, were expelled from nicarag...

Eduardo Campos Lima

The consistory of a pope in a hurry

rome – a consistory, the event in which a pope creates new cardinals, is always a carefully choreographed bit of theatre, with production va...

Bishop Alvarez sent back to jail in Nicaragua

nicaraguan authorities have returned a catholic bishop to jail after he refused to go into exile in italy. bishop rolando álvarez of matagal...

The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules for Turbulent Times, by Eduard Habsburg

the habsburg way: seven rules for turbulent times eduard habsburg sophia institute press, £18.25, 176 pages eduard habsburg is hungary’...

Eduard Habsburg

How my tweet on Hemingway's Catholicism went viral

over the weekend i shared a tweet about ernest hemingway’s catholicism. although i’ve long enjoyed his work, the fact that he was catholic h...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

The unintelligibility of American patriotism

the us devotion to the peoples’ ‘unalienable rights’ is a logical fallacy. in the calendar of american civil religion, july 4 is a solemnity...