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War and peace in faerieland
carnival row (amazon prime drama series) opens with a prologue, as a tale of strange places, peoples and creatures must. it’s spoken by vign...
Carl Curtis
The 'Te Deum' that needs 1,000 musicians
what makes an agnostic composer, with no strong connections to any faith, devote eight years of his life to composing a symphony requiring –...
The Catholic Herald
Letters: Catholicism offers a sane alternative to doomsday environmentalism
environmentalism without the angst sir – the recent demonstrations about climate change left me feeling uneasy at the apparent unbalanced an...
The Catholic Herald
Chirac's funeral showed the media are more judgmental than the Church
there was a time when the catholic church might decline to bestow a full christian burial on individuals whose public lives were judged to b...
Mary Kenny
'I can't stand the lies': The priests' letter rocking the Kremlin
"i was very depressed by the severe prison sentences, but even more so by the mere thought that the church could remain silent on this matte...
Konstantin von Eggert
To fend off the left, conservatives should look to Poland
poland’s ruling law and justice party is one of the most popular right-leaning parties in the west. it is also one of the most innovative. i...
Matthew Schmitz
Catholic schools break the cycle of poverty. Why are they being targeted?
it is a grand washington, dc tradition. every year, on the first sunday in october, catholic and non-catholic dignitaries alike gather at st...
The Catholic Herald
The tiny chalice that tells the story of Lithuania's heroic priests
the highlight of the consistory for new cardinals on october 5 will be the bestowal of the red hat on archbishop sigitas tamkevičius, emerit...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Amazon synod: Will the faith get lost in the rainforest?
for three weeks in october, 185 bishops, missionaries and scholars, mostly from south america and europe, will meet in rome at amazon synod....
Todd Hartch
Diary: We academics can benefit from Newman's understanding of the heart
diaries are a dizzying technology. they are a subject equally worthy of a sonnet and a philosophical treatise. even the most humble daily re...
Michael Hurley
A 'very dark day' prompts Australia's biggest ever pro-life rally
after a 72-hour debate, delays and the threat of a leadership spill, new south wales became the final state in australia to decriminalise ab...
Natasha Marsh
The JPII Institute changes have US thinkers up in arms
substantial changes to the faculty and curriculum of the john paul ii institute in rome have alarmed american catholic philosophers. the cha...
Jordan Bloom
Is Britain about to legalise the selling of babies?
culturally, it seems a lifetime ago when the catholic church in britain withdrew from its work in adoption and foster care after finding its...
Simon Caldwell
Pope Francis has the tools to reduce tensions. Will he use them?
if there were a way to convey in a single sentence what is needed amid all the talk of schism, it would be, “everybody calm down: things are...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Mexico City to Maputo
grand rapids, michigan adoption agency wins ‘discrimination’ battle a catholic adoption agency has won a court battle against the state of m...
Staff writers
Quotes of the week
"we have fallen into the culture of adjectives and adverbs, and we have forgotten the strength of nouns" pope francis speech to employees of...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Saturnos and Kanye
what sort of headgear does a priest need? anything but a saturno, according to pope francis. in an exchange with jesuits in madagascar last ...
Staff writers
The week ahead: The rosary and Paul Thigpen
october is the month of the rosary, and there will be many events at churches and elsewhere. in london on saturday october 12, there will be...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Sex education for six-year-olds criticised
what happened? british children aged six are being taught about “self-stimulation” of “private parts”, the mail on sunday has revealed. the ...
Staff writers
The big story: Amazon synod prompts debate – and prayer
what happened? catholics have taken part in prayer vigils ahead of the controversial amazon synod, asking for the church to be protected fro...
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