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One priest suggests they cannot be Christian martyrs if they repeatedly worshipped a false god
Let’s cease the jeremiads
Is this a gulf of incomprehension that simply can’t be bridged?
The vigil before John Paul II’s beatification was an intoxicating experience for one new convert. I wish I could have gone
An adaptation, The Jeweller’s Shop, was performed by Ten Ten Theatre last Wednesday
John Paul II’s coffin is now in its final resting place in St Sebastian’s Chapel, inside St Peter’s Basilica. The transfer was made today after the Vatican held a private prayer service
Catch up on our live coverage of the vigil, beatification and thanksgiving Mass
Pope Benedict XVI has beatified the late Pope John Paul II in Rome today
John Paul II restored to Christianity its ‘true face as a religion of hope’, says Pope Benedict XVI at beatification of his great predecessor
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
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips