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January 28, 2016

Upholding mercy without justice paved the way for the abuse crisis

January 28, 2016

In the post-Vatican II Church notions of crime and justice had no place and abusers were labelled as victims

St Thomas Aquinas invented the greatest intellectual gag of all time

January 28, 2016

But the Angelic Doctor also made a serious point about the danger of using analogies to speak of God

What’s inside this week’s Catholic Herald?

January 28, 2016

Sneak a peak at this week's magazine

Pride led to the downfall of Jerusalem

January 28, 2016

Fourth Sunday of the Year: Jer 1:4-5 & 17-19; 1 cor 12:31–13:13; lk 4: 21-30 (year c)

The clerical abuse drama you really have to see

January 28, 2016

Spotlight makes its mark without resorting to sensationalism

Henri de Lubac: soldier, scholar and saintly hero

January 28, 2016

He was wounded in war, forced underground by the Nazis and silenced by his superiors. But nothing could stop Henri de Lubac from becoming one of the great theologians of his age

Why Iran is really cosying up to the Vatican

January 28, 2016

Iranian leaders may fawn over Pope Francis in public, but privately they see the Holy See as a useful tool for achieving their global ambitions

Mass celebrated for snow-bound students goes viral

January 28, 2016

Pro-life marchers stuck on the motorway for 22 hours made an altar out of snow

In brief

January 28, 2016

Homeless woman gives birth next to St Peter’s A homeless woman who gave birth to a baby girl on the edge of St Peter’s Square has been offered a place to stay at a Missionaries of Charity-run shelter in Rome, a Vatican spokesman has said. Papal almoner Archbishop Krajewski visited the woman in hospital. Vatican official cleared

Pro-lifers brave blizzard at march

January 28, 2016

Nearly 50,000 pro-lifers braved a blizzard to join the March for Life rally in Washington DC last week. Among the speakers was Patrick Kelly, Knights of Columbus vice president for public policy, who said opponents of the pro-life movement “insist on dividing and bullying those who disagree with them by speaking of a fictional war

In brief

January 28, 2016

Pope invited to Scots College for 400th year Pope Francis has been invited to Rome’s Pontifical Scots College to mark 400 years of priestly formation. Archbishop Leo Cushley made the invitation during an audience with the Pope. The college was founded in 1600 but became a seminary 16 years later. Coptic cathedral hosts a service

Jewish peer who saved faithful dies

January 28, 2016

Lord Weidenfeld, who fled the Nazis as a refugee and in turn helped Christians escape ISIS, has died. The 96-year-old founded Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1949, publishing authors such as Isaiah Berlin and Vladimir Nabokov, the company later became part of Hachette UK. Later he also published the memoirs of St John Paul II. George