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The opening this week of the Vatican archives from the pontificate of the Venerable Pius XII offers a chance for scholars to answer the most interesting and consequential ecclesial question …
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Read MoreIn the course of the Democratic primary, almost every candidate has been accused of racism: Elizabeth Warren for claiming to be Native American, Michael Bloomberg for enacting stop-and-frisk, Pete Buttigieg …
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Read MoreStanding atop a hill just outside the historic heart of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is an enormous statue of the Virgin Mary. Although less well known than Rio de …
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Read MoreBy Catholic News Agency | BELLEY, France — People should be more concerned about the epidemic of fear than the coronavirus outbreak, Bishop Pascal Roland of Belley-Ars has said.
“More than the…
Read MoreWhat are we to make of the announcement that Boris Johnson is to become a father again this summer – the baby’s mother being Carrie Symonds, formerly described as his girlfriend, …
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Read More“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” – Mother Goose No serious Catholic would dispute the authority of Mother Goose, at least not with words. But in …
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Read MoreSIR – I fear my friend Matthew Schmitz has taken a sledgehammer to crush an egg (Comment, February 21). He is certainly correct that IVF treatment is against Catholic teaching, …
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Read MoreHow did a much-esteemed French Catholic author ruin his career and reputation for piety? Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) was a star of the early Romantic movement, appreciated for his lengthy …
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Read MoreThe Stranger (Netflix Originals) opens with Adam Price (Richard Armitage) taking one of his two boys to a football match only to find that dads are expected to participate. Play …
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Read MoreHitler: Downfall 1939-45 By Volker Ullrich Bodley Head, 838pp, £30/$39.95 Putting the war dates in the title is significant. Volker Ullrich, in this second volume of his biography, makes it …
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Read MoreFaith and Science at Notre Dame By John Slattery University of Notre Dame Press, 272pp, £28.99/$27 The Catholic Church has had a bad rap over the years for its relationship …
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Read MoreIn Defence of Democracy By Roslyn Fuller Polity, 257pp, £15.99/$22.50 The Brexit vote to leave the European Union and the ascent of Donald Trump to the presidency, both in 2016, …
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Read MoreThe fall from grace of Jean Vanier is leaving school boards, universities, publishers and even his beloved L’Arche organization in a bind.
While there can be no argument about all the good Vanier had done over a lifetime, his legacy is in shambles in …
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The Second Sunday of Lent Gen 12:1-4; 2 Tim 1:8-10; Mt 17:1-9 (Year A) “The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house for the land …
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During Lent, a season of greater spiritual combat, we have a special prayer at the end of Holy Mass, the Oratio Super Populum, or Prayer Over the People. In the …
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Canon Law and the Ceremonial of Bishops require that when sacred places have been violated by sinful, scandalous actions, acts of reparation must be performed to restore them. How appropriate, …
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Almsgiving, along with prayer and fasting, is one of the three “acts of religion”, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It was preached by Jesus Christ and is …
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Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, March 8: The Second Sunday of Lent Gn 12:1-4A; Ps 33; 2 TM 1:8B-10; Mt 17:1-9 Monday, March 9: Weekday of Lent, St Frances of …
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Dion Fortune (1890-1946) was born Violet Mary Firth to a wealthy English steel manufacturing clan who had moved to Wales. The family motto – Deo, Non Fortuna – “God, Not …
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Read MoreGreta Thunberg is earning quite a reputation on a global scale. In one of her early addresses in Sweden, she described herself – in admirably perfect English – as having …
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