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✣ orthodox world faces split what happened? patriarch bartholomew of constantinople sent two envoys to ukraine to prepare for the granting o...
Staff Reporter

In brief

washington, dc cardinal urged to resign by deacon who assists him at mass cardinal donald wuerl has been publicly rebuked by one of his asso...
Staff Reporter

Viganò letter: Awaiting clarity

a month on, the holy see is preparing to address the archbishop’s ‘testimony’ on monday, the “c9” council of cardinal advisers, gathered in ...
Christopher R. Altieri

Abuse crisis: Earthly justice

if the church won’t hold bishops accountable, then should the courts? less than a month into the mccarrick scandal, interest in the former a...
Michael Warren Davis

Archbishop Viganò: In his own words

vatican finances “blessed father, my transfer in this moment would provoke confusion and discouragement for those who thought it was possibl...
The Catholic Herald

Rome’s buried battle

archaeologists have discovered remarkable physical evidence of constantine’s defining victory at the milvian bridge a few years ago, an open...
Desmond O'Grady

Repent for the past, but look to the future

eight years ago all the press could talk about before the visit to britain of pope benedict xvi was child abuse. the media predicted the wee...
Ann Widdecombe

The modern pope who reversed course

the pope who would be king by david kertzer, random house, 512pp, £25 for a 21st-century english catholic, stepping into the world described...
Robin Aitken

How to get teenagers interested in the faith? Try this film about John Paul II

'Karol, the man who became Pope' mixes modern history, moral dilemmas and human situations
Francis Phillips

Pope convokes world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis

All the presidents of the world's bishops conferences will meet in February 2019
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA