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The week in quotations
"these purported apparitions, messages and miracles are, in fact, a fabrication" bishop michael olson of fort worth, texas, on alleged appar...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Pope gets stuck in elevator
thousands waited anxiously for pope francis to appear at the window of the apostolic palace to say the angelus on sunday. when he arrived, s...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Stalin's Catholic daughter
how stalin’s daughter became a catholic at aleteia, john burger observed that “the importance of grandparents in one’s life cannot be undere...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Pope in Mauritius, Glastonbury pilgrims, St Theresa relics
pope francis will meet government leaders and the bishops of madagascar tomorrow before visiting the tomb of blessed victoire rasoamanarivo....
Staff writers
Overlooked: Benedict XVI defends essay on abuse crisis
what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has defended his interpretation of the abuse crisis, in a brief statement four months after his or...
Staff writers
The big story: Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals
what happened? pope francis has announced 13 new cardinals, 10 of them under 80 and so able to vote for his eventual successor. in his unexp...
Staff writers
With the new cardinals, the next conclave will be unlike any other
pope francis was on his way to make an important announcement on sunday when something peculiar happened. for several minutes pilgrims gathe...
The Catholic Herald
September 6, 2019
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There's no excuse for letting schoolchildren go hungry
in bygone days schoolchildren would be seen at midday with their tin lunch pails or strolling home from neighbourhood schools to eat with th...
The Catholic Herald
Men suffer from abortion too
back in 1975, before fr stephen imbarrato became a catholic priest and pro-life activist, he got his girlfriend pregnant and was, in hi...
James Jeffrey
A lesson in ageing
we live in a culture that idealises youth and marginalises the old. and, as the psychologist james hillman says, the old don’t let go e...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
I'm thankful for the sacrament that Luther and Calvin rejected
my mother received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick last sunday. i was away when she was anointed but her carers were there and th...
Melanie McDonagh
Heretic of the week: Ralph Waldo Emerson
ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) is considered to be one of the greatest writers the united states has ever produced. generations of schoolch...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0608
cryptic across 5 licentious nature of the monasteries in the 16th century? (11) 7 dairy produce one finds in buffet area (4) 8 dig in about ...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, september 1: 22nd sunday in ordinary time sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; ps 68; heb 12:18-19,...
The Catholic Herald
How to… get to know St Augustine
the thinking of st augustine of hippo, a doctor of the church, is so influential, says pope benedict xvi, that he continues to leave a “deep...
The Catholic Herald
The many blessings of a mini-pilgrimage
over the summer many catholics will have made their way to pilgrimage sites all over the world. pilgrimage is as important as ever, with the...
Fr Matthew Pittam
Committees won't solve the crisis of Eucharistic faith
recently the pew research center released a study with alarming implications. it showed that some 7 out of 10 american catholics who at...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Humility is the path to glory
the 22nd sunday of the year eccl 3:17-20; heb 12:18-19 & 22-24; lk 14:1, 7-14 (year c) ‘my son, be gentle in carrying out your busi...
Bishop David McGough
'C'est stupide!': The gruelling cycle race through France's battlefields
riding in the zone rouge by tom isitt weidenfeld and nicolson, 302pp, £20/$24.50 within six months of the end of the first world war, a fren...
Simon Caldwell
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