YEAR IN REVIEW: The queen’s funeral was at odds with Catholic practice in some key respects. That noted, the great Christian event of 2022 has lessons for Catholics in the year ahead.
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Despite the lamentable developments in Ukraine and beyond in 2022, it’s possible 2023 could herald long-desired ecumenical breakthroughs.
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China-only iPhone update makes it more difficult to use a feature that allowed users to evade government surveillance
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Christmas at the Vatican offers three topics not addressed that defined the year.
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Catholics are asking why Frank Pavone was given such a severe penalty, especially when other malefactors are not dismissed from the priesthood.
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The response of the Society of Jesus to this distressing issue seems inadequate and dishonest; the conduct of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith curious; and the role of the Pope perplexing.
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The country music star continues a long tradition — from the angels through Matthew — of telling stories through the gift of song
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It is not unimaginable that Charles' reign will witness the dissolution of the United Kingdom
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Unique among world leaders, the American president is the eulogist-in-chief
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Perhaps we get the leaders we need only when we need them — a more comforting thought than that we get the leaders we deserve
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The 'R20' may achieve something of what the global political summits were originally intended to do
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The interview with ‘America’ revealed the Holy Father channeling his inner John Paul on bishops and the Church’s Marian profile, but not with respect to the late pope’s diplomatic skills.
Read MoreThe 'gatekeepers' against whom Poilievre rails are not only politicians and bureaucrats. Powerful private actors have played a role, as well
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What recently unfolded in Rome with the German bishops is devastating for the unity of the Church.
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Diana's royal vendetta makes for the show's ugliest season yet
Read MoreTrudeau has demonstrated that even the easiest of all imaginable foreign trips can be fraught with public relations peril if one insists on being always and everywhere the centre of attention
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Austen Ivereigh and the other ‘experts’ at the recent synodal summit in Frascati act as if John Paul II’s papacy added nothing constructive on the lay faithful, families, clergy and other topics related to Vatican II.
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Sunak’s remarkable rise would be significant even if he did not land the top job
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