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Catholic Admiration for George Washington Has Nothing to Do With His Purported "Conversion
1+ day, 32+ min ago (1650+ words) As the nation celebrates its semiquincentennial, Catholic historians remember the father of our country as a central figure in the story of religious liberty in early America. As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, George Washington has…...
Making Reparation in England's Lost Catholic Churches
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (1100+ words) Members of the Society of St. Justin Martyr are reclaiming England's Catholic history through prayer. The Society of St. Justin Martyr has a simple yet profound three-fold spiritual purpose: to pray in pre-Reformation former places of Catholic worship as an…...
Can Unity Be Built Without Truth? Lessons From Sarah Mullally's Vatican Visit
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1757+ words) COMMENTARY: If ecumenism is to have integrity, it must be built not on gestures that obscure reality, but on a shared submission to the truth Christ embodies. However compassionate the Church is toward those who suffer from the mental illness…...
Pope Invites Continued Dialogue in Message to New Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (664+ words) Mullally's installation as archbishop of Canterbury took place on March 25. Pope Leo XIV expressed the desire to continue dialogue with the Church of England in a message to Sarah Mullally on the occasion of her installation as archbishop of Canterbury....
First Woman Archbishop of Canterbury to Lead Church of England
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (592+ words) Archbishop-designate will be spiritual shepherd of 85 million. Anglican Bishop of London Sarah Mullally will become the first woman archbishop of Canterbury after her nomination was approved by King Charles III. Archbishop-designate Mullally will be installed as the Church of England's highest-ranking…...
Vatican Affirms Future of Anglican Ordinariates: "A Precious Gift and a Treasure to Be Shared
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (892+ words) Bishop Steven Lopes welcomed a Vatican document as a significant encouragement, calling it "an exhortation to live this patrimony in all of its richness." The Vatican has reaffirmed its support for the Anglican ordinariates, confirming that these communities have a…...
Former Head of Influential Anglican Seminary Received Into Catholic Church
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1038+ words) Subscribe for just $1. 25 per issue! Robin Ward, a patristics scholar who formed generations of clergy at St. Stephen's House in Oxford, says he now "rejoices without regret or hesitation' in the Catholic Church. OXFORD, England " An Anglican canon who until…...
Christ, Christmas and the Culture War: Tommy Robinson's Carol Service Stirs British Christians
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1304+ words) The four-hour service on Saturday afternoon took place in the heart of London. LONDON " Christ must be put back into Christmas, and Britain needs to return to her Christian roots and values if the country is to survive. This was…...
New Kent Pilgrimage Routes Help Revive the Catholic England of Chaucer
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (1313+ words) CANTERBURY, England " "From every shire's end Of England they to Canterbury wend, The holy blessed martyr there to seek Who helped them when they lay so ill and weak." When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote these lines in his famous 14th-century foundational…...
One-Third of Recent Catholic Priests in England Are Anglican Converts, Report Shows
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (676+ words) A new report reveals that significant numbers of Anglican clergy have converted to Catholicism in the United Kingdom since 1992. Speaking to CNA, co-author Stephen Bullivant, professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St. Mary's Catholic University, London, said…...