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September 04, 2023

Pope dismisses critics of Synod as ‘ideological’ with an ‘incapacity for dialogue’

September 04, 2023

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis warned against the influence of what he called “ideology” on an upcoming Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, indicated that his future travel plans may be curtailed given considerations of health and limitations on movement, and also distanced himself from climate change extremists. The pontiff also largely rejected

Pope Francis kicks off ‘hot autumn’ at the Vatican

September 04, 2023

ROME – As summer winds down in Rome and the city fills up with reluctant vacationers getting back to the grind, Pope Francis has kicked off what promises to be a true autunno caldo, or “hot autumn” at the Vatican. For Francis, this autumn promises to be one of his busiest yet, with two international trips,

On Pilgrimage With: Buchi Akpati

September 04, 2023

Where would you go? Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Would you make any special stops? First, to the Scavi to venerate the remains of St Peter in the crypt. Thereafter, I would venture up to spend time with Pope St John Paul II. I would also pay my respects to Pope Benedict XVI. It blows

‘The best good in the world’: The US organisations leading a renaissance of Catholic sacred music

September 04, 2023

Orange County – the place name conjuring images of the spray-tanned secular class splashing in the salty mist of the Pacific Ocean – may seem an unlikely place to look for signs of a renaissance in Catholic sacred music. But on a golden OC evening in late June, two events took place, eight miles from

Feminism Against Progress, by Mary Harrington

September 04, 2023

Where now for feminism? Feminism Against Progress Mary Harrington Forum, £16.99, 224 pages From its title onwards, Feminism Against Progress puts forward a counterintuitive proposition – feminism as it is generally understood has been so pervasively associated with the progressive agenda that one might as well talk about cheese against biscuits or Ant against Dec.

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: The return of the school uniform in France

September 04, 2023

In 2017 Saint-Jean de Passy, a private school in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, introduced what it called a “practical, modern and sober” uniform for all its pupils. On its website, the school explains that it took the decision because “we are living in an age where the competition of appearance all too often take

‘Pope, please save our Church!’ pleads one young Chinese Catholic

September 04, 2023

ULAANBAATAR – At Pope Francis’s Mass in Ulaanbaatar Sunday afternoon, which was attended by nearly 200 people from mainland China, one young Catholic from the mainland said life for the Church in his country is extremely difficult and asked that the pope help “save” them. The young man, named Li, said that if he had

The Latin Mass Society’s annual pilgrimage to Walsingham gets bigger every year

September 04, 2023

As I write this, I am still steeped in the elation and buzz of a typically strong afterglow. I have Gloria, laus et honor, Te Deum laudamus, Chez nous, soyez Reine, Loch Lomond, and I vow to thee, my country ringing in my ears. The Latin Mass Society’s annual pilgrimage to Walsingham saw record numbers