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ordinary form divine office week i sunday, october 20 : 29th sunday in ordinary time ex 17:8-13; ps 121; 2 tm 3:14 – 4:2; lk 18:1-8 monday, ...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Pray to St John Henry Newman
the simplest way to pray to england’s newest saint is to say: “st john henry newman, pray for us.” this could be elaborated upon by asking f...
The Catholic Herald
Newman was no prophet of doctrinal 'paradigm shifts'
everyone agrees it’s a great thing both for the church in this country and for the universal church that john henry newman is now a saint. i...
Fr Dominic Allain
A strategy for Catholics in a time of chaos
if you are a regular reader of this publication, you have probably learned of peculiar, indeed inexplicable, nay, rather, downright alarming...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Persistent prayer will always purify the heart
the 29th sunday of the year ex 17:8-13; 2 tim 314 – 4:2; lk 18:1-8 (year c) "the lord will guard you from evil, he will guard your going and...
Bishop David McGough
After the Apocalypse, an Anglican theocracy
the second sleep by robert harris hutchinson, 320pp, £20/$26.95 a new book by robert harris is a joyful event, for he has repeatedly proven ...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The regrets of the man who volunteered to go to Auschwitz
the volunteer by jack fairweather custom house, 528pp, £20/$28.99 who on earth would volunteer to enter auschwitz? it sounds like suicide an...
Ben Sixsmith
Why Newman loved Beethoven but not Pugin
unearthly beauty by guy nicholls, gracewing, 352pp, £25/$31 having waited so long for this event, it is almost a shock to see the title “st ...
Jack Carrigan
Sacha Baron Cohen is superb in this tense thriller
it’s ironic that many series on television today are rated “ma” (mature audiences), when realistically they should be labelled “aa”, for ado...
Carl Curtis
A Protestant novelist's case for Catholicism
an enduring paradox of american literature is that a protestant author, willa cather (1873–1947) wrote novels with catholic themes that have...
Benjamin Ivry
Letters: 'Services of the Word' offer no offence to God
services of the word are no offence to god sir – in his letter (october 11) donato tallo terms the practice of liturgies of the word and hol...
The Catholic Herald
The hats that speak
as a boy, i was fascinated by the kippah a jewish friend wore upon his head. i did not understand it. why did he wear it? i never asked. but...
C C Pecknold
The Irish border is already ambiguous
fears are sometimes expressed that if brexit goes pear-shaped, and the united kingdom leaves the eu without a deal, terrorism could return t...
Mary Kenny
The moral theory that failed – but is now back in fashion
you don’t have to be a catholic theologian, journalist or even that much of a church-watcher to understand that there has been a battle afoo...
Fr Thomas Berg
Liberty and religion are drifting apart
when alexis de tocqueville visited america in the 1830s, he was struck by how radically it differed from france. in his home country, the pa...
Matthew Schmitz
After Tafida, will courts finally listen to parents?
it must have come as quite a shock to the doctors in the tafida raqeeb case that a court was finally prepared to ignore their conviction tha...
Ann Widdecombe
Don't try to sugarcoat St John Henry
the canonisation of john henry newman was a glorious affair and, for this writer – the chaplain for newman house at queen’s university in ki...
Fr Raymond de Souza
'We have prayed for this': The day Rome rejoiced with Newman's converts
on the day of john henry newman’s funeral on august 19, 1890, more than 15,000 people took to the streets of birmingham to pay homage to him...
Simon Caldwell
Diary: St Peter's has become a cathedral of selfie-dom
i wasn’t able to attend the prayer vigil in the basilica di santa maria maggiore before the canonisation of john henry newman in rome as our...
William Cash
Meet the 'holy quartet' of women saints canonised with Newman
john henry newman’s extraordinary influence on the church – and well beyond it – ensured that his canonisation on october 13 received intern...
William Doino Jr
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