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The extraordinary prayer that launched D-Day
June 13, 2019
It was a stroke of ceremonial genius. At the D-Day 75th anniversary commemorations at Portsmouth, how to ensure that the assembled heads of government – and perhaps one in particular – would not sound a sour note? The Queen would do her part splendidly, of course, as she had done at D-Day 60 and D-Day
Papal interviews have become almost entirely secular
June 06, 2019
The recent interview granted by Pope Francis to Mexican television generated news for what he said about Theodore McCarrick and the present unpleasantness. The mere fact that the interview took place was not, however, newsworthy. Papal interviews are now quantitatively ordinary. There is another shift too, a qualitative one. They are marked by an increasingly
John Paul II and the Cold War’s decisive moment
May 30, 2019
Forty years ago the communists got what they wanted, and lived to rue the day. When Archbishop Karol Wojtyła of Kraków was elected Pope John Paul II in October 1978, the question arose of how Moscow and Warsaw would deal with a potential papal visit to his homeland. The communists wanted no part of a
Father Hesburgh’s flawed legacy
May 23, 2019
A picture is worth a lifetime of words. So it is with the famous photograph from 1964 taken at a civil rights rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, featuring Fr Theodore Hesburgh, the long-serving president of the University of Notre Dame, and Martin Luther King, arms locked in solidarity while singing “We Shall Overcome”. Notre Dame
The new abuse law is the biggest reform since 2001
May 16, 2019
Pope Francis has long argued that a thoroughgoing response to sexual abuse requires a conversion of heart and of ecclesial culture, rather than law. But law can be a mighty force in culture change, and the Holy Father did just that with his latest motu proprio mandating that all clerics must report sexual abuse of
Communion and the Church’s mess
May 09, 2019
There was an odd story from Holy Week about the new man in the Chilean capital, Santiago. Bishop Celestino Aós, the apostolic administrator who succeeds not one but two cardinals who are under examination by prosecutors for covering up sexual abuse. It’s an odd story, because it is not about that complex situation, but about
Don’t let architects ruin Notre-Dame
May 02, 2019
Notre-Dame has been saved from total ruin by the firefighters. The principal relics and works of art were saved too. Commendable bravery all round. Now a certain courage will be required of the Archbishop of Paris to save Notre-Dame from those who would rebuild it. Early signs are that he may well be up to
Why Benedict by-passed the Vatican
April 25, 2019
The essay on sexual abuse by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI merits attention for its analysis of the ecclesial and cultural trends that led to the sexual abuse crisis. But the manner of the essay’s publication also illuminates the current compromised state of Catholic media. Columnist Ross Douthat of the The New York Times wrote that
Newman is a perfect companion for Holy Week
April 18, 2019
On Good Friday, as Catholics piously walk the Via Crucis, many will pray the meditations of John Henry Newman – and not just because he is expected to be canonised later this year. They are a rare combination of theological depth, spiritual intensity and literary quality – much like the man himself. There are two
Archbishop Gregory: the Jimmy Carter of the US Church
April 11, 2019
During his 14 years as archbishop of Atlanta, Wilton Gregory – appointed the new Archbishop of Washington on April 4 – would certainly have crossed paths with former American president Jimmy Carter. Atlanta is the home of the Carter Center, seat of his post-presidential activities. It’s possible that in whatever conversations they had, the elder
Viganò vindicated?
April 04, 2019
According to the organisers, the recent Vatican sexual abuse summit was aimed at changing a mindset more than specific procedural reforms. Yet the legal reforms announced last week for the Vatican City State may prompt a wide-ranging shift in the culture in the Roman Curia and the Holy See’s diplomatic corps. Indeed, it might be
Pope Francis got it right on Cardinal Barbarin
March 28, 2019
Pope Francis did the right thing in refusing to accept the resignation offered by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyons after his conviction by a French court of not properly handling a sexual abuse case by one of his priests. Barbarin is appealing and his appeal has a rather good chance of succeeding, as the prosecutor
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