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January 04, 2018

US cardinal pays tribute to deceased Mormon president

January 04, 2018

Mormon President Thomas Monson died on Tuesday at the age of 90

The five bishops are surely not alone in being concerned about Communion

January 04, 2018

A silent majority of bishops agree, but one can appreciate why they haven't spoken out

What they don’t tell you about life in seminary

January 04, 2018

Seventy men from over 20 dioceses form one community. Seminary is unique, and so much more than I anticipated

The Church can do much better at serving young women

January 04, 2018

And it has nothing to do with female priests and deacons

How to save the English Church

January 04, 2018

The solution is staring the bishops in the face

Cover

January 04, 2018

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Ten stories to watch in 2018

January 04, 2018

The West – and especially the United States – is living through what the political scientist Samuel Huntington called an era of “creedal passion”. This is a volatile period in which the gap between ideals and institutions is glaring. Reformers arise, seeking to bridge the chasm, but encounter ferocious opposition. Quarrelsome and divisive voices dominate.

The big story

January 04, 2018

✣ US cardinal at centre of abuse crisis dies What happened? Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned as Archbishop of Boston when it became clear he had knowingly transferred priests accused of sexually abusing children, died last month at the age of 86. Cardinal Sodano, as dean of the College of Cardinals, celebrated the funeral Mass at

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

January 04, 2018

✣ Highlights from the week online Behind the scenes of a papal press conference At Crux, CNN’s Vatican correspondent Delia Gallagher lifted the lid on papal press conferences. The journalists are split into five language groups, Gallagher explained: Italian, English, French, Spanish and German. “Each group must agree on one or two questions for the

Parishioners ‘heartbroken’ at church closure

January 04, 2018

Parishioners at a Welsh church have expressed dismay after being told in a Christmas letter that their church will close in February. Bishop Peter Brignall of Wrexham told parishioners at St Michael and All Angels in Conwy that their 100-year-old church would be closing because of a lack of priests. The letter also said that

Bishop to faithful: beware lies that thrive online

January 04, 2018

Catholics need to be wary of the “lies” that flourish online, Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury has said. “The internet, which has a great potential for uniting and informing, can now be a place where people are threatened, exploited, addicted and misled,” the bishop said in his Midnight Mass homily. “Pope Francis has reflected on

Benedict XVI praises ousted Cardinal Müller

January 04, 2018

The Pope Emeritus has hailed Cardinal Gerhard Müller for defending the “clear traditions of the faith”. His intervention came in a preface to a book of essays honouring Cardinal Müller. Until last year the cardinal had served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith but Pope Francis chose not to renew