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Former Downside students have expressed their sadness after it was announced that the monks are to leave their historic abbey.
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‘The monastic ethos was very positive’: Former Downside students comment as monks depart
September 5, 2020
Former Downside students have expressed their sadness after it was announced that the monks are to leave their historic abbey.
World News: from El Salvador to Accra
February 13, 2020
La Crosse, Wisconsin Franciscan Sisters stop Perpetual Adoration A religious institute which has practised round-the-clock Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will reduce its adoration...
Meanwhile: Why an Argentine region is building 400 grottos
February 13, 2020
Argentina is celebrating a National Marian Year – and one diocese has come up with a distinctive way to honour Our Lady. Parishioners at...
Best of the web: Little Women’s lacuna, misquoting St Basil, silent suffering
February 13, 2020
Something missing from Little Women Little Women was one of last year’s most acclaimed films. But, wrote Charlotte Allen in the Wall Street Journal,...
The week ahead: Requiem for Colin Mawby, Texan widows, DIY retreat
February 13, 2020
On Saturday February 15, a Requiem Mass for the composer and choral conductor Colin Mawby will take place at St Mary Moorfields, London. Some...
Overlooked: Portuguese diocese introduces Communion for remarried
February 13, 2020
What happened? The Diocese of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal, has introduced Communion for the remarried, but has not explained how it can be reconciled with Church...
The big story: Gänswein sidelined ‘after celibacy row’
February 13, 2020
What happened? A senior papal aide has been sidelined amid ongoing controversy about priestly celibacy. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, who has served as prefect of...
Big story: Cardinal meets Benedict amid book confusion
January 23, 2020
What happened? Cardinal Robert Sarah has rejected claims that he misrepresented Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, saying that there is “no misunderstanding” between them. Last week,...
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January 23, 2020
Montreal Religious curriculum to be removed The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) curriculum, the Catholic News...
Meanwhile: A Christian revival at Liverpool
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January 23, 2020
Tonight sees the launch of Catholic Theological Ethics and Street Homelessness by Rosanne Haggerty, described as the first book to look at “street homelessness...
Overlooked: Chinese authorities make bishop homeless
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