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January 13, 2024

Surviving Stonyhurst in the 1960s

January 13, 2024

Ferulas and Thuribles: Surviving Stonyhurst in the 1960s John Mulholland Self-published, £20 + p&p, 483 pages I entered Stonyhurst College in 1953, remaining and thriving there (not just surviving) until 1959. I ought to add that I found the collegiate experience at Stonyhurst exceptionally enjoyable, with a balance between a first-class education, academic excellence, the

New poll finds Pope’s unfavourable rating among Americans at all-time high

January 13, 2024

NEW YORK – A new survey conducted this past December has found that while most American adults still have a favourable view of Pope Francis, the percentage that hold an unfavourable opinion of the pontiff has risen to a new ten-year high. The survey, conducted 1-20 Dec by the Gallup organisation, found that 58 per

Bishop Erik Varden: Christians are called to inaugurate a new world and rise through Chrismastide

January 13, 2024

Each year, we begin Advent singing the Introit for its First Sunday: Ad te levavi. It sets a verse from Psalm 24: “To you have I lifted up my soul: My God, I trust in you.” The parallelism of God’s descent and our rising are a leitmotif in liturgy, structurally embedded in the Mass, when