Immigration has transformed the Catholic Church in the UK and, says Sophia L Deboick, Brexit will change it once again
The Guardian, Comment is Free: The Vatican may protest, but traditional funerals are dead and buried
A new decree forbids Catholics to scatter ashes, and insists on the sanctity of the cemetery. But in terms of burial options, the Vatican are way behind the times
Blog: Fulton Sheen Relics Row
Last week saw the abrupt halting of the cause for the beatification of Fulton Sheen – Auxiliary Bishop of New York in the 1950s, later Bishop of Rochester, and Emmy Award-winning TV personality, with programmes that got audiences of 30 million at his peak
The Guardian: The devil’s own job
For all his modernising, Pope Francis has enlisted a very old enemy in his battle against secularism
The Guardian, Cif Belief: Must the Catholic church dehumanise John Paul II to make him a saint?
Sadly, the process of canonisation seems to require stripping the former pope of his personality, to fit the sterile mould of a saint
The Quietus: Praise Be! The Quietus’ Favourite Religious & Spiritual Records – ‘Adorate Deum: Gregorian Chant from the Proper of the Mass’
Ahead of the Easter weekend, the Quietus writers select a huge list of their favourite religious and spiritual records, from across the spectrum of belief systems, denominations and musical styles
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