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Robert Skidelsky
‘Silent revolution’ in details of UK budget
Niall Gooch
Mass in the “new normal”
Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa
Improbable Hagiographies: Bl. Villana de’ Botti
Colin Brazier
Green Choices and Family Planning
Ken Craycraft
Lenten Fits and Starts
Lucas Hollweg
Friday supper: Red mullet, leeks, lemon and saffron
September 17, 2013
Having fast-tracked Pope John’s canonisation, will Pope Francis do the same for Pius XII? According to one source, he intends to. Fingers crossed
September 17, 2013
Now the ‘Hitler’s Pope’ calumny has been so comprehensively discredited, there is no reason for Pope Pius’s cause to be obstructed any longer
Photo gallery: Extraordinary pictures of the catacomb ‘saints’
September 17, 2013
A selection of images from Paul Koudounaris's new book, Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs
The bodies might be gone but the Tudor appetite for desecration still chills the blood
September 17, 2013
The fate of James IV of Scots seems to point to a tradition that left the Tudors inured to the mistreatment of the dead
‘Sanctity is stronger than scandals,’ says Pope Francis
September 17, 2013
Pope Francis offers words of encouragement to diocesan priests in Rome
Priest injured in latest acid attack in Zanzibar
September 17, 2013
Father Joseph Mwaganbwa hospitalised with burns to his face, chest, thighs and legs
Church leaders in Washington offer prayers after naval base shootings
September 17, 2013
Archbishop Timothy P Broglio says 'respect for life must be restored to the fabric of America'
Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/09/13
September 17, 2013
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Beyond the Pandemic: Catholic Schools Can Come Back, Bigger and Better
Benedict XVI to Italy’s
Corriere
on Resignation (plus Biden, Draghi, Francis in Iraq)
Disney’s
Raya and the Last Dragon
: More fluff than teeth
“You keep using that word…” – the dangers of sloganeering
Analysis: Are legal reforms in the Vatican designed
not
to work?
Huzzah!
Or, what a bawdy “historical” drama can teach us about Church reform
Allegations of ethnic cleansing in Tigray conflict, says US report
How Pope Francis used a donated Lamborghini to help rebuild Iraqi Christian communities
Report: Patients being offered assisted suicide in apparent policy violation
Pope Francis in Iraq: Overview