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Archdiocese puts historic Edinburgh headquarters on the market
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Trump nominates Cissie Lynch, Billy Graham’s granddaughter, as ambassador for international religious freedom
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Pope Leo XIV appoints new bishop of Metuchen
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The Union is more than a line on a map
National independence can answer genuine injustice, but the Catholic tradition has good reason to distrust nationalism when it turns affection for a people into political ideology
Andrew Cusack
Swiss diocese organising drag show this week
Michael Haynes
The complicated history of Catholic Scottish nationalism
Corrie Douglas-Young
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Michael Haynes
Millennials forgot how to grow up
Patrick Neve
Nietzsche versus the Cross
Clement Harrold
Vatican permitted 55 parishes to host Latin Mass in 2025
Michael Haynes
Catholics were in America long before 1801
Christine Rousselle
Pope overturns 2021 wage cuts for Vatican staff and cardinals
Michael Haynes
Birthday wishes pour in for Pope Leo from across the globe
Michael Haynes
Prominent Italian abortionist praised by Pope Francis dies
Michael Haynes
SSPX protest double standard after ban on using Assisi basilica
Michael Haynes
Annual Latin Mass pilgrimage has Vatican Mass cancelled
Michael Haynes
The result is not a type, it is a person
John Paget-Tomlinson
Cardinal Burke praises fraternal correction in light of apostasy
Michael Haynes
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Archdiocese puts historic Edinburgh headquarters on the market
Corrie Douglas-Young
Trump nominates Cissie Lynch, Billy Graham’s granddaughter, as ambassador for international religious freedom
Christine Rousselle
Pope Leo XIV appoints new bishop of Metuchen
Christine Rousselle
Bill lifting ban on Catholics advising on Church appointments to be introduced
Corrie Douglas-Young
Vatican Apostolic Archive and Library to be expanded
Corrie Douglas-Young
Ancient Order of Hibernians urges Britain to clarify criteria for border poll; backs united Ireland
Christine Rousselle
Court issues temporary protection for Chicago Catholic healthcare providers
Christine Rousselle
GB News correspondent: “No Catholics in America until 1801”
Corrie Douglas-Young
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Millennials forgot how to grow up
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Nietzsche versus the Cross
Clement Harrold
American women are in crisis too
Jacqueline O'Hara
Wendell Berry and the freedom of limits
David Hahn
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Swiss diocese organising drag show this week
Michael Haynes
Vatican denies Macron’s request to give Pope private tour of Notre-Dame
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Pope overturns 2021 wage cuts for Vatican staff and cardinals
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Birthday wishes pour in for Pope Leo from across the globe
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Why the way we rest matters
Bérengère Darlison
In Pictures: Faithful pack Oscott for WeBelieve Festival
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The Catholic art of living
Bérengère Darlison
A first pilgrimage to Chartres
Georgia Gilholy
The dignity of hard work
Dominic Perrem
The nuclear family cannot do everything alone
Delphine Chui
A toast to the Stuarts
HJA Sire
Lola Salem on the domestic Upper Room
Lola Salem
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The complicated history of Catholic Scottish nationalism
As the prospect of another Scottish independence referendum looms, the Church’s relationship with Scottish nationalism is changing
Corrie Douglas-Young
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The result is not a type, it is a person
John Paget-Tomlinson
Announcement: The Catholic Herald enters media partnership with The Cardinal Newman Society
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Bronze relief honours George Washington’s donation to Virginia’s first Catholic parish
Christine Rousselle
Thomas Dongan and the Catholic origins of New York’s liberties
Andrew Cusack
Author chronicles journey to all 94 US basilicas in new guide
Christine Rousselle
Saturday Read: The Catholic woman who saved Maryland
Andrew Cusack
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Mary’s Seven Sorrows and the mystery of suffering
David Hahn
Standing at the foot of the Cross
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Woe to us if we do not preach the Gospel
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‘Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful’
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Nolan's ‘Odyssey’ gets Homer right
Far from deconstructing Homer’s epic, Christopher Nolan offers a remarkably faithful retelling that presents home, family and divine order as the foundations of civilisation
David Hahn
A priest’s courage in Gaza
Andrew Nash
An unforgettable feast of sacred music
Ysenda Maxtone Graham
Monsignor Gilbey at 125
Mark McGinness
Walking through Europe’s Catholic heartlands
James Jeffrey
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Pope Leo XIV’s first year has brought no revolutions, but a shift in mood. Stabilisation, rather than spectacle, may prove the foundation of
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Sanctifying the year
An enlightening explanation of the Church’s Ember Days by the liturgical scholar Dr Joseph Shaw
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The Sacred Liturgy contains all that is needed for a fruitful Lent, if only we are willing to enter into it with seriousness and devotion
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