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Overlooked: Love of country comes before Church, says Chinese bishop
what happened? the president of the state-run chinese catholic patriotic association (ccpa) has said that “love for the homeland must be gre...
Staff writers
The big story: 'Concerns' delay Fulton Sheen beatification
what happened? the vatican has postponed the beatification of archbishop fulton sheen, “at the request of a few members” of the us bishops’ ...
Staff writers
China has the Vatican exactly where it wants it
when one cardinal publicly criticises another we can be sure that something serious is at stake. in an interview published last week (but co...
The Catholic Herald
Heretic of the week: William Booth
as christmas approaches, cities throughout britain and ireland, canada, australia, new zealand, south africa and the united states will incr...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0622
cryptic across 1 somehow sat out advent for the maundy mass (6) 4 god, sort of, is king of ammon (6) 9 pure tee-off: poetry, she sai...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, december 8 : the second sunday of advent is 11:1-10; ps 72; rom 15:4-9; mt 3:1-12 monday, decemb...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Have a penitential Advent
the sense of advent as a penitential season akin to lent has been largely lost to the popular culture of today, marked as it is by high exci...
The Catholic Herald
The true Christian always remains vigilant
i have been reading the stylish and thought-provoking sermons of st john henry newman. they start with the advent scripture’s exhortation to...
Fr Dominic Allain
If we are to do Advent properly, we must allow ourselves to be challenged
second sunday of advent is 11:1-10; rom 15:4-9; mt 3:1-12 (year a) "everything that was written long ago in the scriptures was meant to teac...
Bishop David McGough
The Bible: can we avoid the pick'n'mix trap?
what are biblical values? by john f collins yale university press, 285pp, £22/$28 a venerable idea lies at the heart of john collins’s guide...
Jonathan Wright
Masked wrestlers and the padlock saint
mexico city: cradle of empires by nick caistor reaktion, 240pp, £14.99/$20 mexico city has not had a very good press. one of the largest cit...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
How the supernatural took second place in the Church
christus vincit by bishop athanasius schneider and diane montagna angelico press, 338pp, £16.50/$20 when the soviets sought to describe the ...
Jane Stannus
The living composer who's synonymous with Christmas
commenting recently on the death of sir stephen cleobury, formerly director of music at king’s college, cambridge, the british composer john...
Francis O’Gorman
Letters: We can't let our musical standards fall
we can’t let our musical standards fall sir – may i warmly endorse your leading article memorialising the achievements of sir stephen cleobu...
The Catholic Herald
Anti-natalism is so last century
ever since the garden of eden, we have been told to be fruitful and multiply. affirmation of this commandment is now coming from the strange...
The Catholic Herald
For many Catholics, this will be a 'none of the above' election
i was a “conscientious abstainer” for the brexit referendum in 2016; and if conversations with friends are anything to judge by, many cathol...
Mary Kenny
Was there really a plan to relocate the Vatican to Ireland?
on july 18, 1931, the liverpool weekly post reported some startling news. it said that owing to “quarrels with fascists and mussolini”, pope...
The Catholic Herald
Usman Khan exploited loopholes in our justice system - and our worldview
if we suspect someone is a lost cause, is it naïve to try to reform them and stupid to release them? usman khan went to jail in 2012 for his...
Tim Stanley
Never mind the election, let's celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe
thursday december 12 is general election day in britain, but it is also, by coincidence (or perhaps providence), the feast of our lady of gu...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The growing Marian enrichment of the Church's calendar
the addition of a new feast to the universal calendar – our lady of loreto on december 10 – is a reminder of the growing marian enrichment o...
Fr Raymond de Souza
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