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In ten years we'll know if the synod succeeded
the word “revolutionary” has been overused since the election of pope francis in 2013. but it might apply to the amazon synod which conclude...
The Catholic Herald
November 1, 2019
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The grace within passivity
a friend of mine grew up with five siblings and an alcoholic father. the effect of her father’s alcoholism was devastating on her family. he...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
At Newman's canonisation, Roman babble was reduced to total silence
it felt as if we were in a film. rustling birds announced the approach of dawn in the eternal city. a tinkle came from the convent in the ga...
David Twiston Davies
Heretic of the week: Peter Deunov
peter deunov (1864-1944) was born in the village of nikolaevka to the first bulgarian orthodox priest ever to replace old church slavonic wi...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0616
cryptic across 7 camouflaged crusader chap’s hard-wearing uniforms on sundays? (6,7) 8 where paul landed against the tide, going west, is th...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, october 27 : the 30th sunday in ordinary time sir 35:12-14, 16-18; ps 34; 2 tm 4:6-8, 16-18...
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How to… Avoid idolatry
catholics have always been great destroyers of pagan idols. st artemius, a roman administrator, was executed for vandalising the temples of ...
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It's taken me a lifetime to understand Thomas à Kempis
it has long been a theory of mine that, like film classifications, books could carry a kind of age-appropriate rating. this wouldn’t be to c...
Fr Dominic Allain
Obedience to God is the path to happiness
while in the traditional roman calendar the last sunday of october is dedicated to christ the king, not merely in the summation of all thing...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Jesus teaches us how to turn to our Judge
the 30th sunday of the year eccl 35:12-14 & 16-19; 2 tim 4:6-8 & 16-18; lk 18:9-14 (year c) “the lord is close to the broken-hearted...
Bishop David McGough
The myth of progress has undermined religion. Yet I foresee a comeback
the plight of western religion by paul gifford, hurst, 173pp, £25/$28.69 a familiar image of western christianity before modern times has be...
Jonathan Wright
Love and cowardice in France's 'Dark Years'
madeleine by euan cameron maclehose, 330pp, £17/$22 euan cameron was my first publisher and editor more than 40 years ago and has been one o...
Allan Massie
Where 'Spotlight' focused on the media, this new drama is about the victims
it’s no surprise that françois ozon’s by the grace of god is being compared to spotlight, the oscar-winning film about the uncovering of sex...
Will Gore
When Western artists discovered 'the Orient', they forgot its Christians
there has been some fairly specific criticism of the latest exhibition at the british museum. "inspired by the east: how the islamic world i...
Lucien de Guise
Letters: Is there a case for lay-led Eucharistic services?
is there a case for eucharistic services? sir – your recent correspondents have defended lay-led eucharistic services on the basis th...
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As a priest, I'm tempted to dress down. But a cassock expresses an eternal truth
i had already celebrated a mass that morning, so when i assisted at a funeral in a neighbouring parish, i did so in choro. this means i wore...
Fr Michael Rennier
Pro-life but not Republicans: meet the American Solidarity Party
"we’re a whole year ahead of where we were in 2016,” brian carroll, a retired teacher and candidate for next president of the united states,...
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We've seen the 'new masculinity' before
the latest craze is to go “gender fluid”. the name of the game is playing with identity, mixing things up, blurring lines. the male musician...
Tim Stanley
How our Catholic university is making the most of its roots
"diversity" is one of the buzzwords of our age, and those of us in higher education have been vigorous in advocating it. the news that st ma...
John Charmley
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