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Pope’s Angelus address on the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine
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Cardinal Sarah reacts to planned SSPX episcopal consecrations
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Dolan speaks on refugee funding disagreement with Vance
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Twenty-six year old man euthanised for seasonal depression
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Lent at full strength
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
Dom Alcuin Reid
Ezekiel: measurement and science help us to reach spiritual truths
Fr Patrick Pullicino
The emperor’s new clothes: Americans turn against transgender ideology
Jacqueline O'Hara
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What Dante teaches us about sin, desire and redemption
Clement Harrold
Seven children is a small family
Dominic Perrem
A homily on the temptation of Jesus
St John Chrysostom
Lent, lobster and the Orthodox example
Melanie McDonagh
Brother Lawrence and the book that shaped the Pope
Naoise Grenham
How Netflix is reshaping children’s moral imagination
Daisy-Mae Inglese
From Rome to the cosmos
Declan J. Ganley
Can I marry a non-Catholic? One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions
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What Dante teaches us about sin, desire and redemption
Clement Harrold
The return of Catholic clubland in London
Delphine Chui
Taking up arms: Lent as spiritual combat
David Hahn
‘The mystic chords of memory’ in a divided America
Ken Craycraft
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Diplomatic tensions and doctrinal tests in Leo’s first Lent
Michael Haynes
Signs of dialogue in a pivotal week for the Vatican
Michael Haynes
Is Cardinal Fernández the real source of tensions in the SSPX and Vatican standoff?
Michael Haynes
Schwarzenegger and Confession, and more returns to papal customs
Michael Haynes
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Seven children is a small family
Dominic Perrem
How Netflix is reshaping children’s moral imagination
Daisy-Mae Inglese
The return of Catholic clubland in London
Delphine Chui
The Catholic case for working from home
Portia Berry-Kilby
What does it mean to pray about a decision?
Kerri Christopher
We live by men’s rhythms, but God gave women their own
Delphine Chui
Rediscovering risk: Lessons from the parable of the talents
Declan J. Ganley
God, country and family: the virtues liberalism forgets
David Hahn
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What Dante teaches us about sin, desire and redemption
Following Dante’s journey from the dark wood to the beatific vision invites us to confront our own disordered desires and rediscover the beauty that leads to God
Clement Harrold
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Ezekiel: measurement and science help us to reach spiritual truths
Fr Patrick Pullicino
A homily on the temptation of Jesus
St John Chrysostom
Lent, lobster and the Orthodox example
Melanie McDonagh
Can I marry a non-Catholic? One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions
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Why beauty belongs at the heart of worship
In conversation with Jan C Bentz, Art historian Elizabeth Lev explains how the Church lost the visual language of faith – and how beauty can teach it again
Jan C. Bentz
From Bach to Sondheim: why great music still matters
Michael White
The bishop of television: Fulton Sheen and the road to beatification
Thomas Edwards
John L. Allen Jr, veteran Vatican journalist and founder of Crux, dies aged 61
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October/November 2025
Pope Leo: A Bridge-Builder
In his first months, Leo XIV looks like a listener: he calls synodality an attitude of openness, maintains Church teaching on marriage and sexuality, and signals cautious openness to broader Latin Mass celebration. The aim is less polarisation, deeper dialogue, a bridge builder who consults widely and will lead decisively.
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A Lost Chance for Ireland
Elites blocked Maria Steen’s candidacy, narrowing democracy and silencing Catholic conservatives’ voices.
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All Saints’ Eve
Halloween’s vigil confronts death with Christian hope, not fear or superstition today.
The Catholic Herald
AI: helping angel or diabolic machine?
Pope Leo’s warnings and hopes for AI, probing dignity, labour, justice, and Church responsibilities for governing algorithms.
John Cornwell
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On the limits of liberalism
Ken Craycraft
Sr Camilla and her merry band of nuns
Flora Watkins
Christianity is a civilising force in a polarised world
Niall Gooch
Do Catholics make good historians?
Nick Ripatrazone
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