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Major Canadian newspaper acknowledges the falsehood of the allegations regarding mass graves of infants that were leveled against the Catholic Church and led to the burning of churches across the country

The editorial did not deny the documented suffering endured by Indigenous children within Canada’s residential school system, nor did it minimize historical injustices. It argued that the existence of those injustices should never have exempted extraordinary claims from rigorous verification.

The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia and the Influence of Dom Guéranger, Founder of Solesmes, on Gaudí

The impact on the architect was definitive. Gaudí was not content with a superficial or sentimental faith; he devoured those texts. Today, as Father Francesc Xavier affirms, no one denies that the Sagrada Familia is directly inspired by the work of Prosper Guéranger: the influence is so profound that the Sagrada Familia is, spiritually, a child of Dom Guéranger.

The ecclesiastical hitchhiking of Russian priests

From Vladivostok to Vilnius, priests are being reduced to the lay state. In a book published in Paris, where he has been reinstated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Father Aleksej Uminskij recounts receiving confused letters every week from former colleagues across the country. Many Orthodox priests find it impossible to pray for the war, but fear denunciations and ecclesiastical judgement.

Israel: big moves for the post-7 October elections

The religious parties want to move up the vote to 15 September before Yom Kippur (and distance themselves from Netanyahu). The Bennett-Lapid alliance is failing in the polls, giving former General Eisenkot a chance to emerge as the top opposition leader. But no one seems to have the numbers to form a majority without the support Arab parties that Jewish parties reportedly want to keep at bay.