Should priests be firmer with non-practising Catholics?
A friend has pointed me to an article by Lynne Kelleher in the Irish Independent, which was taken up by an American blogger calling himself The Deacon’s Bench. The article quoted Archbishop Diarmuid...
View ArticleDebate: Is the Church in Europe facing a crisis of faith or a crisis of...
Pope Benedict XVI believes that the main reason people are deserting the Church in Europe is because of a “crisis of faith”. This is why he has called the Year of Faith, which he hopes will inspire...
View ArticleFrom ‘shruggers’ to ‘sceptics’: the six different kinds of lapsed Catholic
A recent poll, which Fr Lucie-Smith has blogged about earlier this week, suggests that 40 per cent of the British don’t believe that Jesus was a real historical figure. Here is another depressing...
View ArticleUrgent action is needed to improve evangelisation in England and Wales
Statistics are always interesting, but the real question is how they are to be interpreted and the use we make of them. The Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society, based at St Mary’s University...
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