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November 25, 2022

Cardinals condemn German ‘Synodal Path’ in Vatican report

November 25, 2022

On Thursday the Vatican published reports prepared by Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer and Cardinal Marc Ouellet which condemned the direction of Germany’s Synodal Path. Cardinal Ladaria, a Spanish Jesuit who serves as the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Cardinal Ouellet, a Canadian who serves as the prefect of the Dicastery for

Down’s woman vows to fight abortion law discrimination in Supreme Court

November 25, 2022

A woman with Down’s syndrome is to take her fight to halt abortions up to birth for babies with her genetic condition after the Court of Appeal rejected her case. Heidi Crowter, 27, of Coventry will apply for permission for her case to be heard at the Supreme Court following her defeat in London. She

Podcast 27: The Spirit and Meaning of Vatican II with Mark Lambert

November 25, 2022

In the 27th episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast series for The Catholic Herald, Dr Gavin Ashenden reflects on the gulf between the so-called “spirit of Vatican II” and the contents of the documentation agreed by the participating Church fathers. Click here to listen He is joined by Catholic commentator Mark Lambert, author of a

The Synod can never achieve its aim of making the Church ‘Catholic in a different way’

November 25, 2022

Bishop Georg Bätzing, the head of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), has explained what he wants the German Synodal Path to achieve. “We are Catholic,” he said at a news conference. “But we want to be Catholic in a different way.” It may be that Bishop Bätzing has not come across the old German proverb “du kannst