Just after one Synod on the Middle East the results of the previous one are published The post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini is the most important Catholic church document on Scripture since the Second Vatican Council s groundbreaking Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation kno

When I was leaving Barcelona for the airport last Monday there was a vigorous discussion on the taxi s radio about whether the nuns who cleaned the altar at last Sunday s consecration of the Sagrada Familia gave the wrong image - or for some an accurate image - about the place of women in the Chur

On November 11th the Feast of St Martin of Tours is celebrated Sulpicius Severus who wrote the biography of the fourth-century monk notes the time young Martin was returning from military exercises wearing armor simple cloak and sword A beggar asked for Martin s help in the freezing cold Ma

nbsp CNN covers the ongoing controversy in the Minnesota Catholic community surrounding the distribution of 400 000 DVDs to the local faithful by Archbishop John C Nienstedt Financed by the Knights of Columbus and anonymous donors the DVDs offer a strong reminder that the Catholic Church oppose

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