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US Catholics Prepare to Celebrate Religious Freedom Week

the bishops of the united states have chosen the theme “solidarity in freedom” as the focus of the 2021 religious freedom week. this year’s ...

World Health Organisation Formally Accepts Holy See as Non-Member State Observer

on monday, the world health assembly – the governing forum of the world health organisation – formally accepted the holy see as a non-member...

In cheeses we trust

“don’t pick your nose.” “i wasn’t picking my nose, i was scratching.” “you was picking it, while you was talking to that lady.” so busy are ...

Anthony Cazalet

Church movements denounce attacks against the Yanomami in Brazil

images projected by the ngo instituto socioambiental on the national congress building in brasilia, on 3 december 2020. (evaristo sa/afp via...

Eduardo Campos Lima

Cardinal Cupich reinstates activist priest accused of abuse

father michael pfleger, a chicago priest known for his political activism, has been cleared by an archdiocesan review board of charges of ch...

The Poetry of The Mass

cover image: pope francis celebrates mass in the sistine chapel on march 14, 2013 (afp photo/osservatore romano via getty images) &nbsp...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Appeals for Peace & Justice

the latin patriarch of jerusalem is urging catholics around the world to pray for “peace and justice” as violence continues in the holy land...

Centesimus Annus After 30 Years

chinese workers walk down a dirt access road from one of beijing's major air polluters, the capital iron and steel factory, 16 february 2001...

Dorothy Sayers: an unlikely hero of US Catholic education

in the united states, there is a growing reform movement taking place in education, and it isn’t coming from our politicians or our universi...

RIP Hans Kung – A notable renegade and of modern theology

hans küng, who died recently aged 93, was a “great figure in the theology of the last century whose ideas must always make us reflect on the...