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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...
The Catholic Herald
Marx's revolutionary synod
in the 1940s, a jesuit theologian named henri bouillard proclaimed that a theology that is not “up to date” is a “false theology”. at such a...
C C Pecknold
My neighbour, 'the dad who gave birth'
earlier this month, bbc two showed a documentary called seahorse: the dad who gave birth, which was made in deal, kent, where i dwell (the d...
Mary Kenny
The Polish Church is under attack, but it is standing firm
poland’s bishops recently commemorated the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war with their german counterparts. their sh...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Forget 'kiddie music', children love plainchant
in epiphany parish, where i’m the parochial administrator, reports are streaming in of children chanting kyrie eleisons while playing with t...
Fr Michael Rennier
Newman's profoundly subversive advice for Christian politicians
is a christian who believes that abortion is wrong in every case or that marriage can only be between a man and a woman suitable for public ...
Jack Valero
Two very different Catholics battle to be Canada's PM
canadians are famous for saying sorry. it’s the default setting for public encounters; a busy railway station or airport is a cacophony of c...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Why is the Church not standing up for parental rights?
across the world, parents are engaged in battles with local and national governments over their right to decide how sex education is taught ...
David Paton
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