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Does anyone know how to end religious violence?
confronting religious violence edited by richard a burridge and jonathan sacks scm press, 280pp, £25/$29.95 how do you solve a problem like ...
Jonathan Wright
Have Christians taken over DC? A Netflix documentary thinks so
as netflix originals’ the family tells it, the national prayer breakfast held annually in washington, dc, is the brainchild of a decades-old...
Carl Curtis
The Catholic writer who was Canada's answer to Thomas Hardy
born in north battleford, saskatchewan, to gaelic-speaking parents from cape breton, nova scotia, alistair macleod returned with his family ...
David Staines
Letters: The case for canonising 'the saint of mass media'
the case for canonising ‘st mugg’ sir – with the apparent demise of the cause of gk chesterton (week in review, august 9) is it not time to ...
The Catholic Herald
The strange allure of Marianne Williamson
the democratic primary is what might be generously called a clown show. there are candidates with a serious chance of winning the nomination...
Steve Larkin
Once they were dens of iniquity. Now they're community lifelines
one of the more amusing aspects of growing older is to observe the reversals of history and the shifting of concepts. how piquant to see chi...
Mary Kenny
A beginner's guide to the works of John Henry Newman
even by victorian standards, john henry cardinal newman was a prolific writer. he wrote and published in many genres, from the controversial...
The Catholic Herald
The Church used to have a powerful economic voice. What went wrong?
one hundred years ago, the national catholic war council, the predecessor of today’s us conference of catholic bishops, issued a “program fo...
Matthew Schmitz
Don't be afraid of Thomism
modern theologians, especially in the post-war period, often spoke as though the catholic church would have to change in order to maintain r...
C C Pecknold
Habemus App-am! Duolingo has finally launched a Latin course
"of course, no one ever actually spoke latin," a particularly stupid – and incompetent – latin teacher once told a friend of mine. the teach...
Harry Mount
The logic behind Pope Francis's cardinal appointments
the creation of cardinals used to be fairly predictable, as red hats were given to “cardinalatial” sees and the more senior and historic off...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Pope fiction: a new film could entrench myths about Benedict and Francis
the world premiere of the two popes, a film directed by fernando meirelles and written by anthony mccarten, took place at the telluride film...
Christopher R. Altieri
Diary: The radio presenter who makes the early hours bearable
since the brexit vote i’ve found that lbc talk radio has everything that refugees from the bbc’s boring radio 4 today programme could want. ...
Andrew M Brown
Greenland was once a Catholic bastion – then the Church vanished
a 13th-century norwegian chronicler thought long and hard about why anyone would want to settle greenland – the subject of a recent dispute ...
Jonathan Wright
The Vatican makes a dramatic move against a crisis-hit cardinal
there appears to be no imminent finale to the corruption scandal that has dogged the syro-malabar catholic church and its head, cardinal geo...
Saptarshi Ray
A shaman, an assisted suicide, and a headache for Seattle archdiocese
between the invented “community statement” a portland parish appended to the creed we heard about last month, and the fact that a self-ident...
Jordan Bloom
Seven bishops reveal how they increased vocations
ask bishops how their dioceses are doing for vocations to the priesthood and a response you’ll often receive is: “not too bad, but we’d like...
Jim Graves
What this stone church reveals about early English Christianity
in august archaeologists excavating on the south side of st mary and st ethelburga’s church in lyminge, kent, uncovered the stone apse (pict...
The Catholic Herald
What job does Bishop Zanchetta have to do?
another letter caused something of a stir last week. it came from a high-ranking official in the secretariat of state and was presented to t...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Little Rock to Knock
richmond, virginia appointee resigns over anti-catholic remarks a new appointee to the virginia state council on women’s issues has resigned...
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