It rsquo s meant to be over by nbsp noon nbsp on April 1 so they say It doesn rsquo t work after midday and you rsquo re not allowed to come out with any April Fools gags after then although it rsquo s not clear what purgatorial penance might await a malefactor mdash perpetual exposure to extreme
Dispatches
The Vatican Defends the Appointment of Chile’s Bishop Barros
Critics charge Barros had been involved in the cover-up of the abuse of minors.
Pope Appoints Cardinal Versaldi as Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education
The church operates the world’s largest non-governmental school system.
Engaging the Culture: A Conversation with Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
On the day before he departed Rome to attend events at Loyola University in Chicago Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi wrote from his Twitter account ldquo Departing for the country of Dickinson Poe Whitman Melville Hemingway Kerouac F O rsquo Connor Salinger Roth Bellow Updike rdquo In 140 c
Gänswein: Pope Francis is Full of Surprises and Some Unpredictability
An interview with the pope’s private secretary in La Nación
Pope: ‘Humility Is God’s Way, and Must Be the Way of Christians’
ldquo Humility is above all God rsquo s Way rdquo and it ldquo must be the way of Christians rdquo Pope Francis said in his homily at mass on Palm Sunday in St Peter rsquo s Square attended by some 100 000 pilgrims and followed on TV by an estimated global audience of hundreds of millions The
#RhodesMustFall
RhodesMustFall has become a headline story and frequently used hash-tag in social media It is has become the label given to a raging debate around curricula race white privilege and colonialism at institutions of higher learning in South Africa The Rhodes Must Fall campaign began at one of Afri
A Unique Chalice for Pope Francis’ Visit to New York
In a highly original initiative ahead of Pope Francis rsquo visit to New York in September Catholics from across the United States are being given an opportunity to donate small personal silver coins or objects that can be used in the making of the chalice that he will use when he celebrates mas
A Royal Burial for Richard III, Five Centuries Later
Cardinal Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, spoke of Richard’s baptism.
Jerusalem’s Bishop Shomali: U.S. Should Not Veto Palestinian Statehood
ldquo The majority of Arab Israelis feel disappointed rdquo at the results of the recent Israeli elections and feel ldquo unable to change the status quo rdquo Bishop William Shomali the Palestinian auxiliary-bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem told me in this exclusive interview B
