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Court says abortion restrictions ‘breach human rights’
the high court in belfast has ruled that northern ireland’s abortion legislation is in breach of human rights laws. in a landmark rulin...
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Lourdes chief praises British model of pilgrimage
a senior official at lourdes has hailed british pilgrimages as the best in the world. dr alessandro de franciscis, president of the off...
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Westminster gains two new auxiliary bishops
pope francis has appointed two auxiliary bishops to the diocese of westminster, canon paul mcaleenan and mgr john wilson. the episcopal...
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The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online a good man maligned tim muldoon of aleteia wrote about the film spotlight, based on the story of ho...
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The big story of the past seven days
✣ pope hails 'wisdom of the poor' in nairobi what happened? the pope denounced the conditions slum-dwellers had to live in during...
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Cinema & Television
the boxing champ who packed a poetic punch cinema mr calzaghe – cert 15, 92 mins ★★★☆☆ the paradox at the core of boxing is that it is...
Will Gore
Something rotten at the heart of Belgium
belgium is a country that should be dear to all of us, historically. the “rape of belgium” moved many hearts to pity at the start of t...
Mary Kenny
The blessed art of giving
my project to regenerate deprived areas of county durham, which will cost up to £100 million, has taught me what it really means to serve ot...
Catholic Herald View
Popes don’t always get what they want
the friends of francis are urging him to take a revolutionary step after the synod. but there are good reasons why he might reject their adv...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Love in a cruel climate
the street children of manila have been failed by their families and rejected by society – but when pope francis paid a visit, they became o...
Mark Greaves
How to win the abortion battle
the campaign to “repeal the 8th” – that is, the bit of the irish constitution that explicitly gives protection to the unborn child – is well...
Melanie McDonagh
Mission abandoned
vatican ii was intended as a call to unity and evangelism, but its legacy has been an escalation of intra-catholic wars. it is time to embra...
George Weigel
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Catholic Herald View
Why they hated Brian Sewell
it was easy for the many people who didn’t approve of brian sewell to dismiss him as a comic figure because he spoke in that funny voice. ye...
Richard Ingrams
Francis: faith is being eroded in Germany
the church in germany has strong institutions that contribute much to society, but christianity is much bigger than its institutions, t...
Catholic Herald View
Mother Teresa may be canonised next year
the vatican has signalled that a space has been left in the year of mercy calendar in september for the possible canonisation of mother...
Catholic Herald View
Pope to war-torn nation: I want to bring hope
pope francis has sent video messages to the three african countries he is scheduled to visit this week. in his message for the central ...
Catholic Herald View
Number of Salford parishes to be halved
salford diocese has announced plans to cut the number of parishes from 150 to 75. the proposal was made in a report issued by bishop jo...
Catholic Herald View
Cinema chains reject ‘offensive’ Our Father advert
an advertisement by the church of england that features the lord’s prayer will not be shown in three major cinema chains because of fea...
Catholic Herald View
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