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National Geographic's 'Sugarcane' is filled with 'exaggerations, mistruths, omitted facts and distortions'
national geographic has a reputation for excellence; no wonder that film critics around the world unquestioningly accept the blood libel put...
MichelleStirling
World's tallest statue of St Patrick lit red to highlight persecution of Christians
the world's tallest statue of the patron saint of ireland has been illuminated in red to highlight the plight of persecuted christians along...
The Catholic Herald
‘There are no safeguards’: palliative-care expert Ilora Finlay on the many dangers of assisted suicide Bill
if there is one woman who has transformed the debate in britain on assisted suicide, it is ilora finlay. when campaigners for it talk about ...
Melanie McDonagh
Pope Francis should not be criticised for promoting a settlement in Ukraine
long ago, one cold february evening in oxford, i made the short journey to st aldate’s church to hear a panel, including the then bisho...
Niall Gooch
Assisted dying bill opens door to involuntary euthanasia, former chief coroner warns
the former chief coroner has warned that the terminally ill (end of life) bill could lead to “non-voluntary euthanasia” occurring, whereby p...
The Catholic Herald
Steering the spiritual ship: our outgoing editor reviews 140 years of the Catholic Herald
this year marks the 140th anniversary of the catholic herald ’s origins as a newspaper. when the herald was founded by editor charles diamon...
William Cash
Jesus knew how to deploy a military metaphor for his mission to Hades
"when you see these things happening: know that he is near, at the very gates." (mark 13:29) which gates is jesus talking of in sunday’s gos...
Fr David Howell
Masculinity and femininity are definable realities: Understanding them can lead to a deeper awareness of love and God
‘i don’t want to prove a woman is strong like a man – no, a woman is strong in her own way, our strength is in our femininity.” these words ...
Katherine Bennett
Don't mess with Catholics: their vote played a crucial role in Donald Trump’s extraordinary victory
analysis of the results of the us presidential election has shown that former president donald trump won the national catholic vote by a fif...
Mark Jenkins
Disappointment in all directions: Is anyone actually happy with the outcome of the Synod on Synodality?
cardinal robert mcelroy of san diego, a key papal ally, spoke last february at the religious education congress in los angeles, the largest ...
John Allen
Italian priests sanctioned for decrying Pope Francis as an ‘anti-pope’
two clerics in italy have been sanctioned for the crime of schism after both publicly argued that pope francis was never validly elected and...
Crux Staff
Why we must recover St Thomas Becket: Catholic England's standard bearer against secular tyranny
in august 2023, one of the foremost newspapers in the united kingdom exhumed an old contention from the dirt after it featured a curious sto...
Tom Colsy
Letters to the Editor: Euthanasia in Belgium 'is so out of control we are killing depressed teenagers’
clear warning sir – here in belgium many of my friends, catholics and non-catholics alike, are watching the recent developments in the uk pa...
Catholic Herald Readers
Cardinal rebukes Esther Ranzten for denying Catholics right to speak against assisted suicide
assisted suicide campaigner dame esther rantzen today received a rebuke from the leader of the catholic church in england and wales for sugg...
Simon Caldwell
Be compassionate: Assisted suicide statement of bishops of England, Wales and Scotland in full
as catholic bishops in england and wales, and in scotland, we believe that genuine compassion is under threat because of the attempts in par...
The Catholic Herald
The curious case of the priest defrocked, re-frocked and defrocked again
rome – while many have taken the strange case of argentine ex-priest ariel alberto príncipi as a classic example of a turf war between compe...
Elise Allen
U.S. Church will fight mass deportation of migrants, says bishop
baltimore – the american church will fight the mass deportation of migrants promised by newly-elected president donald trump, a bishop has s...
The Catholic Herald
Warwick Street: Three centuries of Catholic worship in the heart of London
‘came the cardinal,” wrote our correspondent marian curd in 1954, describing the archbishop of westminster’s visit that december to cro...
Serenhedd James
Sigrid Undset: a genius and the greatest Catholic writer you’ve never heard of
norwegian novelist sigrid undset’s nobel prize-winning the master of hestviken could be the greatest work of catholic literature you’ve neve...
Tom Colsy
Going celibate due to US election result suggests it’s not Trump who has a problem with womanhood
this us election cycle has been a whirlwind that has highlighted both the deep divisions in america, as well as a large underground consensu...
AugustineThomas
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