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May 23, 2019
Pope Francis is quietly paving the road to unity
May 23, 2019
Pope Francis is preparing to end this month as he began it: with a concerted effort to reach out to the Orthodox world. On May 31, he is expected to arrive in Romania for a three-day visit. The country has the third-largest Eastern Orthodox population in the world, after Russia and Ukraine. The Pope started
The big story: Alabama passes near-total abortion ban
May 23, 2019
What happened? Alabama has passed a near-total ban on abortion, giving it the most restrictive law of any US state. The bill, passed by the state’s Senate 25-6 and signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey, makes it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion. There is a narrow exception for risks to
Overlooked: SSPX: It’s a ‘waste of time’ to call Pope a heretic
May 23, 2019
What happened? The traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX) has said it is a “waste of time” to accuse Pope Francis of heresy. Last month, academics and priests signed a letter arguing that the Pope had committed heresy, and asking bishops to investigate – as only bishops, they said, have the canonical right to
The week ahead: Memorial Day, Marian pilgrimage, and saint on stage
May 23, 2019
Monday May 27 is Memorial Day in the United States, a federal holiday which always falls on the last Monday of May. It is a day of remembrance for those who have died in military service. Thousands of priests and bishops will celebrate Memorial Day Masses in cemeteries to pray for the dead. The Masses,
The best of the web: surviving communism, Marilynne Robinson, and a parish miracle
May 23, 2019
Slovak Catholics who survived communism At the American Conservative, the Eastern Orthodox writer Rod Dreher introduced readers to the remarkable life of Fr Tomislav Kolaković, a Croatian-born Jesuit who was “responsible for organising the Slovakian underground Church” under communism. In 1946, Fr Kolaković was deported from Slovakia and some of his circle were imprisoned. But
Meanwhile: crazy designs for Notre-Dame
May 23, 2019
The competition has begun. Architects are pitching their proposals for the redesign of Notre Dame – and some of the ideas fall rather short of the beauty of the original. A French company, Studio NAB, has suggested a greenhouse roof. Others imagine a park or terrace. UMA, a Swedish firm, wants a cross-shaped swimming pool.
World News: from Cipoletti to China
May 23, 2019
Erie, Pennsylvania Priest reconciled with website he called ‘from the devil’ A priest has apologised to the media organisation Church Militant for making untrue allegations. Fr Larry Richards had criticised the website, saying it was “from the devil”. He later claimed: “They threatened to kill me … Literally, I got death threats from a good
Letters & emails
May 23, 2019
Why women cannot be ordained SIR – I wonder why Matthew Schmitz (Comment, May 17) did not give your readers the reason why Pope St John Paul II ruled that women cannot receive sacramental ordination? Could it be that the reason has been lost in the confusion of which he writes? The reason our saintly
Mass readings
May 23, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, May 26: The Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Ps 67; Rev 21:10-14, 22-23; Jn 14:23-29 Monday, May 27: St Augustine of Canterbury (England) or Weekday of Easter (Wales, United States) Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149; Jn 15:26–16:4A Tuesday, May 28: Weekday of Easter Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138;
How to… Join the Swiss Guards
May 23, 2019
There have only been 100 serving Swiss Guards at any one time since their numbers were fixed in 1979. So competition to join this ancient and elite military corps (and possibly the smallest army in the world) is understandably fierce. New recruits are drawn solely from unmarried practising Catholic males of Swiss citizenship, aged between
The Week Ahead: beatification, ordinations and Marian motets
May 16, 2019
Saturday May 18 sees the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz (1916-75) in her birthplace of Madrid. She will be the first beatified lay member of Opus Dei, the organisation that helps Catholics to sanctify everyday life. Ortiz taught in universities, set up educational institutions and served the poor. She has been described as having “a big
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