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Best of the web: Michael Davies, a horticultural cross and the new Vandals
October 03, 2019
A kindly godfather who never preached At the Remnant, an anonymous writer remembered her godfather, the British Catholic writer Michael Davies, who died 15 years ago. Davies and his wife “always had me call them Uncle Michael and Auntie Maria right from the start.” They wrote letters and sent gifts – especially the books of
The week ahead: The rosary and Paul Thigpen
October 03, 2019
October is the month of the rosary, and there will be many events at churches and elsewhere. In London on Saturday October 12, there will be a Rosary Crusade of Reparation, which assembles by 1.45 pm outside Westminster Cathedral and processes, carrying a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, to the Brompton Oratory. *** On
Overlooked: Sex education for six-year-olds criticised
October 03, 2019
What happened? British children aged six are being taught about “self-stimulation” of “private parts”, the Mail on Sunday has revealed. The All About Me programme, whose materials have been used in more than 240 primary schools, includes a teaching manual which advises teachers to tell six-to-10 year-olds about how people “stroke themselves”. Why was it
World news: from Alto Solimões to Asmara
September 26, 2019
Buffalo Poll: Catholics hope Bishop Malone steps down An opinion poll has found widespread discontent with Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, who has faced accusations of mishandling abuse cases. The Buffalo News polled 473 Erie and Niagara County residents, all of whom identified as Catholic or lapsed Catholic. Eighty-six per cent said they thought Bishop
The week ahead: Missal anniversary, war memorial and a novena
September 26, 2019
Tomorrow, Saturday September 28, the Association for Latin Liturgy will mark its 50th anniversary with an open meeting and Mass at Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane, London. Solemn Mass is at 11.30am. After lunch, Dr Paul Gunter OSB will speak on “50 years of the Missal of Paul VI”. The AGM follows, and the day finishes
Overlooked: Vatican puts finishing touches to new constitution
September 26, 2019
What happened? The Vatican has moved a step closer towards having a new constitution. Pope Francis’s council of cardinal advisers has been considering the comments on the first draft from bishops, theologians and others. The council will make a final set of revisions before giving the draft to Pope Francis to look over. Why was it under-reported? The
Meanwhile: ‘What do you confess to the plants in your life?’
September 26, 2019
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is all very well, but have you considered confessing your sins to a garden? At the non-denominational Union Seminary in New York, students have been doing just that. “Today in chapel,”the seminary’s Twitter account announced, “we confessed to plants. Together, we held our grief, joy, regret, hope, guilt and sorrow in prayer; offering
Best of the web: Manning’s spirit, fretful bishops and resisting Nazism
September 26, 2019
Can we regain the spirit of Manning? At a time of political instability, can religious institutions help to bring Britain together? That was the question asked by Paul Embery at UnHerd. “Anyone searching for a blueprint,” Embery suggested, “could do worse than examine the momentous London dock strike of 1889, and in particular the part played by
The big story: Influential priest accused of ‘ambiguity’
September 26, 2019
What happened? Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has criticised the influential priest-author Fr James Martin, saying his work exhibits “a pattern of ambiguity”. Archbishop Chaput was responding to public concern at Fr Martin being invited to speak at a Philadelphia university. The archbishop said that, as the university is under the authority of the Jesuits, he
Quotes of the week
September 26, 2019
“The proverbial ill wind that blows no one any good” Nigerian bishops on criticism of Pope Francis ‘from some higher levels of the Church’ Communiqué at end of plenary meeting “A fixation on ordination [of women]” Theologian Marianne Schlosser criticises the priorities of the German ‘synodal path’ consultations – from which she has withdrawn CNA
The week in quotations
September 19, 2019
“I sensed that this thought came to me from the Holy Spirit” Pope Francis explains why he decided to give a relic of St Peter to the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew Letter to the Patriarch “Unfortunate, saddening, and simply untrue” A Planned Parenthood spokeswoman clashes with ex-president Leana Wen, who says she is being held
World news: from St Paul to Salta
September 19, 2019
St Paul, Minnesota First abuse investigation under new bishops’ law An archbishop will investigate cover-up allegations against a local bishop, in the first example of the new “metropolitan model” put in place by Pope Francis earlier this year. Archbishop Bernard Hebda (left) of St Paul and Minneapolis announced that he will lead an inquiry into
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