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April 02, 2024
April 02, 2024
Staff at Westminster Cathedral were compelled to turn away people hoping to attend Mass due to reaching full capacity over the Easter weekend. Westminster Cathedral, which is the mother church of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and has a capacity of 3,000 people, was unable to let any more people in for its
April 02, 2024
NEW YORK – Facing more than 250 lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors by clergy and other employees since the 1950s, the Diocese of Sacramento, California, has filed for bankruptcy as a means to provide compensation to victims of the abuse. The diocese announced the filing on 1 April, about four months after Bishop
April 02, 2024
Ecuador has renewed its historic consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, first carried out 150 years ago. Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus of Quito offered a solemn Mass at the start of Holy Week in the Basilica of the National Vow in the Ecuadorian capital, where the original painting showing the consecration of Ecuador
April 02, 2024
The common good  Sir – We live in difficult times, and it is very hard to discern and make wise political decisions. I deeply disagree with Ken Craycraft’s suggestion (March 2024) that Catholics should consider not voting for either candidate in the forthcoming US presidential election. Dr Craycraft is right that it is a good
April 02, 2024
ROME – Pope Francis has said that he was used in an “manoeuvre” to block the election of the future Benedict XVI during the 2005 conclave, but that he resisted the move and voted for Benedict himself. The revelation comes in a new book about Pope Francis’ relationship with his predecessor, “It was a complete
April 02, 2024
The emergence of the London-based poet Ned Denny has been a light in the darkness of the last four years, during which worldwide circumstances have changed to alarming effect. In 2019, his Unearthly Toys won the Seamus Heaney Prize for a first collection. He followed it with a version of Dante’s Commedia, recasting the original
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