Is 2023 Pope Francis's 'Year Zero'?
Is 2023 Pope Francis's 'Year Zero'?
Conservative Catholic critics of Pope Francis are referring to 2023 as his 'Year Zero' – a time of revolutionary upheava... Read more
25 Jul 2023
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Escaping the atheist hell of North Korea
Escaping the atheist hell of North Korea
For 75 years, the most anti-Christian regime in modern history has thrown its citizens into prison camps if they are sus... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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15mins
Inside the world's most vicious liturgy wars
Inside the world's most vicious liturgy wars
In the ancient Syro-Malabar Church of south India, clergy who try to change the liturgy do so at their peril. At St Mary... Read more
23 Jun 2023
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23mins
Succession: five nightmares for the next pope
Succession: five nightmares for the next pope
A charming octogenarian who plays ruthless games with the people who think they're going to succeed him: I reckon Logan ... Read more
30 May 2023
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14mins
The Vatican and the Mafia – why Italy can't seem to shake off organised crime
The Vatican and the Mafia – why Italy can't seem to shake off organised crime
The Sicilian Mafia is one of the most murderously amoral organisations on the planet – yet babyishly sentimental when it... Read more
26 May 2023
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34mins
How Protestant is the Coronation?
How Protestant is the Coronation?
The Coronation in Westminster Abbey is the only occasion at which our monarch declares himself or herself to be a Protes... Read more
5 May 2023
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30mins
Why didn't Beethoven go to Mass?
Why didn't Beethoven go to Mass?
Ludwig van Beethoven had a profound faith in God. He was born and raised a Catholic and on his deathbed he asked to rece... Read more
14 Apr 2023
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38mins
The battle over female Catholic priests has just begun
The battle over female Catholic priests has just begun
This week we heard the unfamiliar sound of one of the Catholic Church's most influential cardinals turning the handle of... Read more
31 Mar 2023
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16mins
Is Abu Dhabi's multi-faith 'Abrahamic Family House' a beacon of hope or a creepy PR exercise?
Is Abu Dhabi's multi-faith 'Abrahamic Family House' a beacon of hope or a creepy PR exercise?
The Abrahamic Family House is the name for three giant concrete cubes – a church, a mosque and a synagogue – that have j... Read more
17 Mar 2023
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The war over the Latin Mass escalates as the Vatican slides into chaos
The war over the Latin Mass escalates as the Vatican slides into chaos
Cardinal Arthur Roche, the Pope's famously ambitious liturgy chief, has stepped up his campaign against the Traditional ... Read more
24 Feb 2023
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31mins