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May 31, 2019
May 30, 2019
The heroic faith of Burkina Faso’s persecuted Catholics
May 30, 2019
Gunmen burst into a church in Burkina Faso on Sunday and sprayed worshippers with bullets. At least four people died in the attack on the Catholic chapel at Toulfé, a village in northern Burkina Faso. Reports described the assailants as “unidentified armed individuals”, but it is thought that they were jihadists responsible for a recent
Mass readings
May 30, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week III Sunday, June 2: The Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-60; Ps 97; Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26 Monday, June 3: Ss Charles Lwanga and Companions Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday, June 4: Weekday of Easter Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68; Jn 17:1-11A Wednesday, June 5: St Boniface
How to… Climb the Holy Stairs
May 30, 2019
There is really only one way to climb the Scala Santa – or Holy Stairs – in Rome, and that is on your knees. Tradition holds that the white marble staircase, located opposite the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome, led to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate and was ascended by Our Lord himself
The big story: Polish bishops promise action after abuse documentary
May 30, 2019
What happened? a polish documentary on clerical sexual abuse has provoked a national debate over the role of the Church. Released on YouTube (with English subtitles available) as Tell No One, it interviews survivors and tells stories of abusive priests being moved from parish to parish. It also shows survivors confronting their alleged abusers. The
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 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.
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
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
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;
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