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August 16, 2018

Would a mass resignation of bishops hurt the US Church? Quite the opposite

August 16, 2018

Policies have slowly improved. But as a matter of justice, individual prelates should admit wrongdoing and step down

‘We can change things one life at a time’: pro-life centres provide homes for women in need

August 16, 2018

Chris Bell founded Good Counsel to help women in crisis pregnancy

Cardinal O’Malley withdraws from World Meeting of Families

August 16, 2018

The cardinal said he would not attend due to 'important matters pertaining to the pastoral care' at a diocesan seminary

How the Church’s ‘harsh beauty’ shaped two rock stars

August 16, 2018

No matter how hard they try, Sting and 'the Boss' can't seem to leave the faith behind

The abuse crisis casts doubt on the whole post-Vatican II settlement

August 16, 2018

Since 1968, Church leaders have tried to preserve a fragile truce. But repeated compromises have fostered a culture of deceit

Poverty has returned with a vengeance. It’s time for reform

August 16, 2018

The rise of food banks tells a clear story. The government must address the welfare system and employment law

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August 16, 2018

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A heartening moment

August 16, 2018

Last week the pro-life movement savoured one of its most heartening moments in recent years. After a 15-hour debate, the Argentine senate rejected a bill that would have legalised abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, by a vote of 38-31. The campaign to relax the country’s abortion laws had generated intense international interest.

The best of the web

August 16, 2018

✣ Highlights from the week online ‘Call off the World Meeting of Families’ Robert Royal, writing at The Catholic Thing, said the Church ought to cancel the World Meeting of Families in Dublin next week and instead “lead a two-day procession of public penitence” for the decades-long abuse crisis. “The Church is heading into yet another dark

In brief

August 16, 2018

Ottawa Bishops: keep palliative care separate from legalised killing Canada’s bishops have called for euthanasia and assisted suicide to be considered as distinct from the practice of palliative care. In response to a public consultation the bishops asked that palliative care should “not include interventions which intentionally cause the death of the patient”, saying there

Polling: Testament of youth

August 16, 2018

Italians – especially millennials – are becoming more sceptical of the Pope Pope Francis spent much of this past weekend entertaining young people from all over Italy – some 70,000 of them, to hear the Vatican tell it – who had come to Rome with the Italian bishops’ national service for youth ministry. The bishops

Dome of Home: Out of the ruins

August 16, 2018

Lottery funding has helped revive a famous Merseyside church Seven years ago, Ss Peter, Paul and St Philomena’s Church was closed, leaking and full of rubbish. Today, it is looked after by a traditional order of priests – young and enthusiastic, with three in residence – two-thirds of the roof has been restored, and the community