The Year will begin on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council
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Archbishop Fisichella, president of the pontifical council for evangelising the West, says his first step is to set up a computer
A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI says new pontifical council aimed at re-evangelising the west will help ‘remake the Christian fabric of society’
The Counter-Reformation shows us how to ‘detoxify the brand’ of Catholicism
Canadian cardinal and Swiss bishop named as leaders of important curial departments
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The Vatican announces appointments to major curial positions
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Comment & Blogs
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
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By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
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By Luke Coppen
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By William Oddie
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By Francis Phillips