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The rediscovery of Catholic art
December 22, 2016
In 1563, a year before his son was born, John Shakespeare was given an unpleasant job. As chamberlain of the Corporation of Stratford, he was tasked with erasing the popish murals in the local Guild Chapel. We assume he found it unpleasant because rather than destroying the art, he covered it up with limewash, to
BBC admits it underestimated the Church’s opposition to Hitler
December 09, 2016
The BBC conceded it was false to describe the Church as being 'silent' in the face of Nazism
Is there any room for conscience?
December 08, 2016
At Prime Minister’s Questions last week, Theresa May was asked about Christians’ freedom to profess their faith. The PM’s reply was impeccably broadminded. The “ability to speak freely” about one’s faith is a vital principle, May said. “We have a very strong tradition in this country of religious tolerance and freedom of speech,” she added,
Never mind the Twitter spats – Fr Spadaro just said something truly eye-opening
December 06, 2016
The controversies about screenshots and anonymous accounts have obscured Fr Spadaro's startling remarks about Communion
The ‘establishment’ cardinal sent into exile
December 02, 2016
Pope Francis and Cardinal Raymond Burke have a number of things in common. Both are advocates of popular piety: the Pope went all the way to Mexico chiefly to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cardinal Burke founded a Guadalupe shrine in his former diocese of La Crosse. Both have roots in Catholic
Government urged to protect religious freedom in new Bill of Rights
November 30, 2016
The Respublica report suggests a 'reasonable accommodation' clause to protect employees' freedom
Some Catholics are ‘unnerved’ by current events in the Church, says Cardinal Pell
November 29, 2016
The cardinal said that conscience must refer to revealed truth and the moral law
What will bring peace to Syria?
November 24, 2016
The worst thing about living in Aleppo? According to Jean-Clément Jeanbart, the local Catholic archbishop, it’s the anxiety. Christians in Aleppo’s war zone, he writes, “are afraid of tomorrow, worried about their children’s future. The thought that they will one day be subject to fundamentalist Islam is an unbearable nightmare for them.” Archbishop Jeanbart is
The letter the Pope won’t answer
November 17, 2016
In the Church as in politics, 2016 has been a year of anxiety, anger and sharp divisions. But whereas politics has had its moments of drama – the Brexit vote, the US election – the Church’s internal argument has been mostly confined to private discussions and the occasional leaked document. Now, however, the controversy may
Why hasn’t Pope Francis replied to the four cardinals’ letter?
November 16, 2016
The cardinals have asked Pope Francis for a yes-or-no answer on Communion. His silence is unsurprising
Cardinal Burke: we will make ‘formal act of correction’ if Pope doesn’t issue Amoris clarification
November 16, 2016
The cardinal said there was a tradition of issuing a formal correction if a Pope is in error
Pope Francis declines to answer four cardinals’ Amoris appeal
November 14, 2016
The cardinals have taken the unusual step of publicly requesting clarification on Communion and the moral law
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