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Quotes of the week
"the proverbial ill wind that blows no one any good" nigerian bishops on criticism of pope francis ‘from some higher levels of the church’ c...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: 'What do you confess to the plants in your life?'
the sacrament of reconciliation is all very well, but have you considered confessing your sins to a garden? at the non-denominational union ...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Missal anniversary, war memorial and a novena
tomorrow, saturday september 28, the association for latin liturgy will mark its 50th anniversary with an open meeting and mass at corpus ch...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Vatican puts finishing touches to new constitution
what happened? the vatican has moved a step closer towards having a new constitution. pope francis’s council of cardinal advisers has b...
Staff writers
The big story: Influential priest accused of 'ambiguity'
what happened? archbishop charles chaput of philadelphia has criticised the influential priest-author fr james martin, saying his work ...
Staff writers
Could the Vatican-China deal undermine the Church's credibility?
last sunday marked the first anniversary of the “provisional agreement” between china and the holy see. it was the result of decades of dipl...
The Catholic Herald
September 27, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Some counsels on faith and religion for our present generation
it’s no secret that today we’re witnessing a massive decline in church attendance and, seemingly, a parallel loss of interest in religion. t...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The artist who saw the prophet Ezekiel in Peckham
the best known of blake’s works is that bit of his poem on milton which we know as jerusalem – the anthem of the women’s institute, the rauc...
Melanie McDonagh
Heretic of the week: Robert Browne
rather obscure today, robert browne (1550s-1633) is arguably one of the most important figures in anglo-american religious history. born to ...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0611
cryptic across 7 dog one from strasbourg (8) 8 chap’s going back to the old country (4) 9 how americans familiarize with the east (6) 10 jus...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, september 22 : 25th sunday in ordinary time am 8:4-7; ps 113; 1 tm 2:1-8; lk 16:1-13 monday,...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Pray the Newman novena
among the preparations for the forthcoming canonisation of blessed john henry newman on october 13 is a special novena, or nine days of pray...
The Catholic Herald
What the Amazon synod document gets wrong about Creation
the summer afforded me several opportunities to see the sea. two new grief to grace sites, in perth and on the côte d’azur, were near the in...
Fr Dominic Allain
Small sins lead to bigger sins – go to Confession
as i’ve already written a piece about the collect for the 25th ordinary sunday in the past, i’ll intrude on bishop mcgough’s turf and commen...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Understanding the puzzling tale of the dishonest steward
the 25th sunday of the year amos 8:4-7; 1 tim 2:1-8; lk 16:1-13 (year c) the prophet amos, who confronted the extravagant excesses of israel...
Bishop David McGough
Is Christianity better sung than said?
music and faith by jonathan arnold boydell, 288pp, £30/$40 few readers of this magazine would, i imagine, challenge the idea that music is a...
Michael White
William Blake review: a strangely utilitarian portrait of a visionary
william blake lies in bunhill fields cemetery in london, a couple of hundred yards away from the catholic herald’s office. his grave was rec...
David V Barrett
The magical thinking of WB Yeats
william butler yeats (1865-1939) is one of the most celebrated poets in english. and one of the most difficult to talk about in relation to ...
Francis O’Gorman
Letters: Do English Catholics still cherish Our Lady?
sir – nowadays one rarely sees saturday masses of our lady in parishes. masses celebrated on saturday are mostly vigils of the sunday, and e...
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