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January 19, 2017

Bishops visiting Holy Land: Christians must oppose Israeli settlements

January 19, 2017

Bishops from the US, Canada and Europe said the 'de facto annexation' undermined the rights of Palestinians

Christian living requires a constant battle with the devil, says Pope Francis

January 19, 2017

The devil 'wages war' when he sees Christians drawn towards Jesus, the Pope said at morning Mass

Without hope in eternal life, art loses a great source of creativity

January 19, 2017

Comparing Günter Grass's late works with Titian's shows that faith expands the artistic imagination

My dream for my kids: celibacy

January 19, 2017

As a husband and father of two, my highest ambition is to have no grandchildren

Donald Trump has shaken the liberal order. Where does that leave Christians?

January 19, 2017

Should Christians regard the Trump presidency with hope or trepidation?

Testament of youth

January 19, 2017

When older Catholics speak about the younger generation it is usually with an air of despondency. There is good reason for this: the statistics – in parts of the West, at least – are deflating. In the United States, for example, surveys suggest that just two thirds of baptised Catholics practise the faith as adults.

The big story of the past seven days

January 19, 2017

✣ Communion for remarried allowed in Malta What happened? Malta’s bishops have said that remarried people should receive Communion if they think they are at peace with God. They also suggested it might be “impossible” for some divorced and remarried Catholics to avoid sex. In a new document they said that if “a separated or divorced

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

January 19, 2017

✣ Highlights from the week online Francis in no mood to reach out to critics Pope Francis was not in a reconciliatory mood over the holiday season, John Allen observed at Cruxnow.com. During the Pope’s speech to the Curia, Allen pointed out, he accused some critics of doing the Devil’s work, which was “not exactly the

Cardinal: Britain won’t give ISIS sex slaves sanctuary

January 19, 2017

By only resettling refugees from Syria, Britain is unfairly denying support for the victims of ISIS across the border in Iraq, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said. The cardinal said the distinction was “arbitrary” and urged the Government to do more to help refugees from the region. “All refugees should be offered assistance,” he said in

Let’s rethink Confirmation, says bishop

January 19, 2017

The bishop of Portsmouth has called for a new approach to the Sacrament of Confirmation in his diocese, saying that young people need to be converted, not merely catechised. In a pastoral letter, Bishop Philip Egan announced measures to ensure that the newly Confirmed remain practising Catholics. If possible, he said, Confirmation courses should last

Dubia cardinal: this is about eternal salvation

January 19, 2017

One of the four cardinals who have asked the Pope to clarify his apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia has said that it matters because people’s eternal salvation is at stake. Speaking to the Italian newspaper Il Foglio, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra said: “We are talking about questions that are not secondary. It is not

Storm over Maltese bishops’ Communion guidelines

January 19, 2017

Malta’s bishops have said that remarried people should receive Communion if they think they are at peace with God. In a new document, “Criteria for the Application of Chapter VIII of Amoris Laetitia”, the bishops said that if “a separated or divorced person who is living in a new relationship manages, with an informed and