The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:45:15 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Medieval reform, doctor of the Church, can help current sex abuse crisis, historian says /home/international/item/27760-medieval-reform-doctor-of-the-church-can-help-current-sex-abuse-crisis-historian-says /home/international/item/27760-medieval-reform-doctor-of-the-church-can-help-current-sex-abuse-crisis-historian-says VATICAN – A radical program of reform addressing the widespread problem of abusive clergy and negligent superiors in the 11th century holds some essential insights and lessons for the church today, a church historian has said.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:02:50 -0400 Exhibit puts Reformation history in focus /item/26058-exhibit-puts-reformation-history-in-focus /item/26058-exhibit-puts-reformation-history-in-focus

It begins with the Beguines — the Reformation, that is.

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ROME - An Italian investigative journalist spoke out against what he called a “medieval” Vatican law that might result in a jail sentence of up to eight years for publishing confidential Holy See documents.

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TORONTO - James Ginther wants the truth. He finds it by getting help from people all around the world.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Education Tue, 30 Jun 2015 08:00:00 -0400 Not just pretty pictures: Church art is catechetical storybook of faith /features/arts/item/19905-not-just-pretty-pictures-church-art-is-catechetical-storybook-of-faith /features/arts/item/19905-not-just-pretty-pictures-church-art-is-catechetical-storybook-of-faith

VATICAN CITY - Having so much world-famous art housed in Rome's churches and chapels has risked turning the city's sacred spaces into sightseer circuses. A hushed prayerful atmosphere for the faithful is often broken by clicking cameras and tourists exchanging guidebook details.

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