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October 12, 2020

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Pell at the Vatican

October 12, 2020

Former Vatican finance czar Cardinal George Pell met with Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican Monday

Former Lib Dem leader calls on govt to keep churches open

October 12, 2020

Tim Farron said that people 'need the solace of faith' and that churches had shown they can open safely

Blessed Carlo Acutis showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says

October 12, 2020

Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi

Catholic symbols to be phased out from Irish State schools

October 12, 2020

An unpublished document by the Education and Training Boards Ireland has raised concerns about the prominence of Catholic practices and symbols in Irish State Schools. The document says that mandatory graduation Masses, diocesan inspections and the prevalence of Catholic symbols found in many formerly vocational schools are contrary to the Education and Training Boards’ (ETBs)

Mankind or humankind? How biblical translators wrestle with gendered language

October 12, 2020

When St Jerome’s new translation of the Book of Jonah into Latin was read out in church in Oea in North Africa, it nearly caused a riot. It was the passage where God causes a bush to spring up to shelter Jonah from the scorching sun (Jonah 4:6-7). The word for the bush was usually

Ten years ago, The Social Network chillingly portrayed our new elite

October 12, 2020

David Fincher’s The Social Network, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, turns 10 this autumn. In its focus on the origins of Facebook it seems rather quaint and dated; yet, in its depiction of the new meritocracy and the peculiar character formation of the techie world, it is perhaps more relevant today than