Half of US Catholics think the Eucharist is only symbolic. How did this happen?
August 1, 2019
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A news item last week reminded me of a story about the writer Flannery O’Connor. In one of her letters
What every Catholic should know about the Eucharist
August 1, 2019
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What does the Catechism of the Catholic Church teach? It teaches that it is by the conversion of the bread
Fr Dwight Longenecker: Laugh if you like, but I believe
March 29, 2018
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I must have been a college student when I had to memorise a sonnet by John Donne for my English
A royal burial in North Carolina
March 1, 2018
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I was travelling south on Interstate 85 last weekend, returning to my home in South Carolina from speaking at a
Evangelicals are rejecting sacramental unity with the Catholic Church. Good for them.
January 31, 2018
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As a Catholic priest and former Evangelical, I support the statement from members of the World Evangelical Alliance
Revealed: the true identity of the Magi
January 6, 2018
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When I investigated the story of the Three Wise Men, I found something more profound than the popular legend
Revealed: the true identity of the Magi
December 21, 2017
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At Epiphany you may hear a homily about the symbolism of the gifts the Magi presented to the Christ Child:
A relic for a scientific age
August 3, 2017
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A verse in the epistle to the Hebrews asserts that faith is “the substance of things hoped for – the
Turin Shroud: the latest evidence will challenge the sceptics
August 3, 2017
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Sceptics may dismiss the Turin Shroud, but there is good evidence the relic is authentic
A chunk of Rome lands in the Bible Belt
November 9, 2015
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Why build a Romanesque church in the 21st century? Because it looks Catholic
English Catholics have forgotten their history
August 20, 2015
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It is a shame that England does not celebrate its historical Catholic treasures more
The men who could be pope: Cardinal Timothy Dolan
March 7, 2013
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A happy warrior who fights with bravery and bonhomie