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May 02, 2019
After the revolution, the reckoning SIR – The article by Fr Hugh Somerville Knapman (Feature, April 5), on the desirability of revisiting the question of the liturgical changes post-Vatican II, is representative of many such counsels in recent years which have largely gone unheeded. But we now know a great deal more about the procedure,
Who has the upper hand in the Vatican-China deal? We may soon find out
May 02, 2019
On Monday, the Vatican marked another milestone in its relations with China. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, inaugurated the Holy See’s pavilion at the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition. The pavilion, on the theme “Live Green, Live Better”, displays precious Vatican documents on the medicinal properties of herbs and a reproduction
Mass readings
May 02, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week III Sunday, May 5: The Third Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32, 40B-41; Ps 30; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 Monday, May 6: Weekday of Easter Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday, May 7: Weekday of Easter Acts 7:51 – 8:1A; Ps 31; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday, May 8: Weekday of Easter
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The bitter reality of persecution shouldn’t drive us to despair
April 25, 2019
On Easter Sunday an image appeared on social media that seemed to sum up Christianity in the 21st century. It showed a statue of the Risen Christ, dressed in a flowing white garment, with his right arm raised in a gesture of victory, the mark of Crucifixion visible on his left hand. His robe was
Big story: Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka church bombings
April 25, 2019
What happened? More than 300 people were killed in a series of bomb attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The eight bomb blasts targeted churches and hotels, including the shrine of St Anthony of Padua in the capital city Colombo. Christians, almost all Catholics, make up less than eight per cent of Sri Lanka’s
Best of the web: The response to the Notre-Dame fire
April 25, 2019
Parisians knelt to pray, even as the flames rose At his blog, William Newton reflected on the scenes in Paris after the fire broke out. “Hundreds of Parisian Catholics, many of them young people, were kneeling together on the streets around the burning Cathedral for hours.” To some, it was a baffling sight: “Like the
World News: From Caracas to Khartoum
April 25, 2019
Toronto Priest’s praise of Francis plagiarised from anti-Catholic site Allegations of plagiarism against a prominent priest have taken an unexpected turn. Fr Thomas Rosica, a Vatican adviser and CEO of the Salt+Light TV network, has apologised for multiple cases of using other writers’ work without attribution. Fr Rosica has gone on sabbatical. Now it has
How to… celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday
April 25, 2019
Divine Mercy Sunday was introduced by Pope St John Paul II in 2000 when he canonised St Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun and visionary who received apparitions of Our Lord in the 1930s. It falls on the Second Sunday of Easter, a day when the Gospels speak directly of the mercy of Jesus. Many churches
Letters & emails
April 25, 2019
Make Confession available again SIR – I would like to endorse the comments made by Dr Holly Ordway (Letter, April 12) on the subject of the Confession crisis. I now live in Antwerp, Belgium, where, due to a shortage of priests and perhaps lack of penitents, Confession is normally available only on request. Until two
Mass readings
April 25, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, April 28: Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:12-16; Ps 118; Rev 1:9-11A, 12-13, 17-19; Jn 20:19-31 Monday, April 29: St Catherine of Siena Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2; Jn 3:1-8 Tuesday, April 30: St George (England); St Pius V (Wales) Apoc 12:10-12; Ps 125; Jn 15:18-21 Weekday of Easter
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