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Meanwhile: Dawkins backs religion?
would morality collapse if people stopped believing in god? today even bishops hesitate to suggest such a thing publicly, but the world’s be...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Fall of communism, individualism, an answered prayer
the vital role churches played in 1989 in the church times, anglican clergyman alexander faludy said the contribution of churches to the eve...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Pope's Far-East trip, Holodomor anniversary, lecture on anti-Catholic prejudice
pope francis’s trip to thailand and japan begins on tuesday november 19, when he flies from rome to bangkok. the visit will begin with a wel...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Radio station shares 'new Akita message'
what happened? a us radio station has claimed to have received a new message from the convent of sister agnes sasagawa of akita, a ja...
Staff writers
The big story: Former Irish president denounces child baptism
what happened? mary mcaleese , the former president of the irish republic, has criticised the church for ‘imposing’ the sacrament of ...
Staff writers
William Oddie's lasting legacy
william oddie, who died last week aged 80, may not have been the longest-serving editor of the catholic herald, but he was one of the most i...
Luke Coppen
November 15, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Ignoring Church law on Communion is sheer cruelty
the decision to refuse to admit pro-abortion politicians to holy communion is not just based on a centuries-old discipline of the church. it...
The Catholic Herald
Faith and dying
we tend to nurse a certain naïveté about what faith means in the face of death. the common notion among us christians is that if someone has...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
What I found helpful about ‘mindfulness’
my only experience of buddhism was during a visit to bhutan years ago, to visit a friend who was doing voluntary work there. we travelled th...
Melanie McDonagh
Heretic of the week: Henry James Prince
henry james prince (1811-1899) became a doctor in 1832; five years later he gave up medicine due to his own ill health and entered an anglic...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0618
cryptic across 3 seals herman made for old king (11) 7 old anatolian capital african politicians promoted over a year (6)  ...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, november 10: the 32nd sunday in ordinary time 2 mc 7:1-2, 9-14; ps 17; 2 th...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Pray for the dead
when the church prays for the dead she prays for the repose of the holy souls in purgatory. those in heaven have no need of such pray...
The Catholic Herald
What Maria Montessori can teach the Church about catechesis
a recent survey of us catholics concluded that two thirds do not believe in the real presence of our lord in the eucharist. in a church not ...
Fr Dominic Allain
We are pilgrim soldiers of the Church Militant. We need leadership from our officers
the collect for the 32nd ordinary sunday has an antecedent in the gelasian sacramentary. it is also used in the extraordinary form on the 19...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
When the Sadducees quizzed Jesus, he pointed them to Israel's traditions
the 32nd sunday of the year 2 macc 7:1-2 & 9-14; 2 thess 2:16 – 3:5; lk 20:27-38 (year c) november is a time for remem...
Bishop David McGough
The art critic who could have been a priest
the complete outsider by brian s ewell quartet, 628pp, £20/$27.50 by the end of his life, brian sewell (1931-2015) was o...
David Platzer
A grown-up guide to the Classics
of gods and men: 100 stories from ancient greece and rome edited by daisy dunn a pollo, 640pp, £25/$35 the word “anthology” ori...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Catholicism’s long struggle with modernity
the irony of modern catholic history by george weigel , basic books, 336pp, £25/$30 from the societas perfecta, its face set against ...
Michael Duggan
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