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pope francis is the first pontiff in recent history not to have participated in the second vatican council. but the imprint of post-concilia...

Fr John Bollan

in high summer, rome may be crawling with tourists, but most of the inhabitants have either fled the stifling heat or are hunkered down behi...

Fr Mark Drew

of all the movers and shakers in british musical life there’s none so dynamic as the boss of grange park opera, wasfi kani, whose new countr...

Michael White

that nothing may be lost by fr paul scalia, ignatius, £13.99 you may think this author’s name rings a bell. if so, you are right. fr paul sc...

Michael Duggan

follow in my footsteps 13th sunday in ordinary time: mt 10:37-42 the bible society’s lectio divina is unavailable for this sunday. we reprod...

The Catholic Herald

what we haven’t learned from john xxiii since the 16th century the church has assigned different devotions to different months. most catholi...

Pastor Iuventus

i blinked in surprise when i saw the photographs. on june 18, the archbishop of liverpool – a diocese associated with the drab vestments and...

Damian Thompson

Cardinal George Pell has denied allegations of historic sex abuse in a press conference in Rome

Staff Reporter

The Pope said cardinals are called to be grandfathers who help young people find meaning in their lives

Cindy Wooden

The women vowed to live in perpetual chastity, but will live 'in the world' rather than in a convent

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