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September 28, 2023

St Angela of Foligno: a teacher of theologians

September 28, 2023

Michael Hahn reflects on the message of St Angela of Foligno, ten years on from her canonisation. Ten years ago this month, on 9 October 2013, Pope Francis declared Angela of Foligno a saint. A decade later, she still stands as a little-known figure within and outside the Church. Who was Angela, then: how did

Rood awakenings in East Anglia – The Golden Legend, by Michael Hodges

September 28, 2023

The Golden Legend Michael Hodges Self-published, £35, 320 pages This encyclopaedic study of the artworks in the churches of East Anglia has good claim to be the photographic counterpart of Eamon Duffy’s monumental work, The Stripping of the Altars. It is the first and best introduction to an important subject, of which only the surface

Chesterton – Events: The Napa Institute Annual Summer Conference

September 28, 2023

The Napa Institute Annual Summer Conference, now in its 13th year, has become the leading Catholic summit in the US, an annual wine-country pilgrimage gathering business and spiritual leaders from across the country. Founded by resorts and educational entrepreneur Tim Busch and former Gonzaga University president Father Robert Spitzer SJ, this year’s five-day event in

Miraculous: The events of Padre Pio’s life make scepticism a good deal harder

September 28, 2023

Catholics, above all people, have an antidote to sterile materialism of modernity. Sanctity, it turns out, unlocks the doors of perception, and weakens the grip of mono-materialism. One of my favourite saints has become Padre Pio – partly because so many of the miraculous events surrounding his life took place under the scrutiny of 20th-century scepticism,

Lawyer in ‘trial of the century’ claims defendants treated Vatican bank ‘like a cash machine’

September 28, 2023

ROME – A panel of Vatican judges overseeing the trial of ten defendants for extortion and other financial crimes, dubbed the Vatican’s “trial of the century”, heard Wednesday from a lawyer representing the Vatican bank who complained that the accused had treated the bank “like a cash machine, which always had to respond positively to their

Pope Francis creates cathedral for Isle of Man

September 28, 2023

Pope Francis has created a cathedral for the Isle of Man. The Holy Father has designated cathedral status to the Church of Saint Mary of the Isle in Douglas, the capital of the island in the Irish Sea. The announcement follows the decision to award Douglas city status as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum

The problem with prioritising ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue at the Synod

September 28, 2023

As more details of the October Synod emerge, so does a clearer sense of its priorities. On 30 September the Synod will begin with an ecumenical vigil. A host of ecumenical guests have been invited. Much is being made of the fact that the Synod on Synodality is being begun with an ecumenical flourish. Sr. Nathalie