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Violence against Christians continues to rise worldwide
imagine the scene: one summer’s evening, a young mother’s peace is shattered when her brother bursts in, pursued by an angry mob. accusing h...
John Pontifex
Assisted suicide will hurt us all, says Leeds Bishop
the bishop of leeds has today urged the people of his diocese to ask their mps to vote against assisted suicide, warning that assisted suici...
Olenka Hamilton
Ghana bishops call for end to 'witch camps'
yaoundé, cameroon – a catholic bishop in ghana has called on catholics in the african nation to go beyond simply providing charity to indivi...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Silent thought, loud control: the lurid rise of 'thought crime' in modern Britain
the first conceptual seeds of george orwell's novel 1984 can be traced back to his essay "london letter", written in 1944, in which he expre...
Thomas Edwards
Opening the Bible for spiritual growth
there are many and various ways for us to approach and encounter god. there is no one means of prayer has a monopoly over our journey to god...
Fr Jeffrey Kirby C
'Hear, O Israel': today's readings at Mass
to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more importan...
Fr David Howell
Ringing the changes, from Tudor to Stuart
from tudor to stuart: the regime change from elizabeth i to james i by susan doran oxford university press, £30, 646 pages over the last two...
Alexander Faludy
Pope Francis' surprising propagation of an important and traditional devotion
pope francis is full of surprises, and the latest is his encyclical on that sometimes unfashionable aspect of catholic devotion, the sacred ...
The Catholic Herald
Regicide revisited: Ronald Hutton on his new book about Oliver Cromwell
oliver cromwell is, unequivocally, a modern british hero: in the 2000 bbc poll to find the greatest brit of the past millennium, he came in ...
Ronald Hutton
In search of the late Brother Harold: paying a visit to England’s oldest hermit
it first occurred to me to visit shepherd’s law last october, though it beats me why i never thought of it before. something jogged my mind ...
Mary Wakefield
Brits don’t do grief well: all the more reason to embrace All Souls' Day
i was asked the question: what would i say to a person who has lost a loved one suddenly or in tragic circumstances? what would i say? at th...
Fr Mark Vickers
Letter from the Editor: Assisted suicide and broader change
much has happened since the catholic herald last landed on doormats, as my predecessor william cash writes in this month’s diary. i tra...
Serenhedd James
Veteran appeals abortion thought-crime rap as CPS allows discreet prayers
an army veteran prosecuted after he prayed silently outside an abortion clinic is to appeal against his conviction. adam smith-connor was la...
Simon Caldwell
Cardinal makes Red Wednesday video plea for persecuted Church
cardinal vincent nichols has recorded a statement calling on people to get involved in a catholic charity’s initiative supporting persecuted...
Amy Balog
Let's thank our martyrs on this Feast of All Saints
this wonderful feast of all saints brings me in gratitude to the example of one particular group – our own douai martyrs. their example has ...
Gavin Ashenden
New archbishop installed in Boston
new york – with three knocks on the door of the cathedral of the holy cross just after 1.30pm yesterday, archbishop richard henning began hi...
John Lavenburg
Solemnity of All Saints: celebrating those defined by 'blood-stained robes' and what they suffered
"these are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the lamb." (...
Fr David Howell
Letter from the Editor: good news, bad news and everything in between
much has happened since the catholic herald last landed on doormats. i travelled to new york in early october and did not expect to return t...
Serenhedd James
Lighten up about 'religious' concerns over Halloween: young children love ghouls and ghosties
as i write, with the weather on the turn and summer lapsing away like grief, as emily dickinson put it, there are daily consolatory inspecti...
Flora Watkins
UK's Islamic medics against assisted suicide as contravenes 'Muslim moral compass'
the british islamic medical association (bima) has issued a statement expressing its strong concerns with the proposed change to legislation...
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