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March 21, 2024

The new ‘Mass of the Ages’ film is an emotionally charged must-watch for Catholics

March 21, 2024

The new “Mass of the Ages” film released on YouTube on 19 March – and the third in a trilogy about the Latin Mass – is the most moving yet. “We want to bring back the human, the true, the real,” says the mother of a French priest. “For everything in life…when we deal with

El Paso bishop on Texas migrant shelter and federal failures: ‘Rhetoric always ramps up’ during election season

March 21, 2024

In Bishop Mark Seitz’s initial response to an attempt by the state of Texas to shut down a Catholic migrant shelter in El Paso, he noted how the situation highlights the challenge such organisations face balancing federal and state responses with their own mission to serve. “On the one hand, we are challenged by serious

Can prayer and fasting actually make any difference when it comes to abortion?

March 21, 2024

Are we facing our own “1967 moment”? The upcoming threat of total decriminalisation of abortion alongside attempts to legalise euthanasia hovering on the horizon can appear to represent a present-day reiteration of the seismic decision to legalise abortion here in the UK back in 1967. The constant threats to life at its beginning, end and

Church leaders say Europe must return to Christian roots ahead of EU elections

March 21, 2024

ROME – With European elections just three months away, the continent’s bishops have joined other Christian Churches in lamenting how the Christian principles on which Europe was founded are either being sidelined or instrumentalised for political gain. They have also called for an open and consistent dialogue between Church and State, and asked that all

Does Leo Varadkar’s surprise resignation as Ireland’s first gay Taoiseach show he underestimated the Catholic Church?

March 21, 2024

The news that Leo Varadkar is to step down as Ireland’s Taoiseach (prime minister) once his Fine Gael party selects a new leader, will give rise to reflection among the country’s Catholics about whether his successor will bring any changes to current Church-State relations. Varadkar had a complex relationship with the Catholic Church, after making

Italian school closes to ‘celebrate’ Ramadan, while another prevents Easter blessing

March 21, 2024

ROME – In examples which suggest the strains of a county navigating the transition from being almost entirely Catholic to a more multi-ethnic and multi-religious society, one Italian school has announced a day off to allow Muslim students to celebrate the end of Ramadan, while another has refused permission for a Catholic priest to offer