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Pope Francis's latest book: reflections on history and moments of clarity
just over three years ago i wrote a piece for the herald called “ the battle of the papal biographers ” (march 2021). in it i noted that sin...
Serenhedd James
Cardinal Fernández battles to fix rift with Copts over gay blessings document
rome – the vatican’s doctrinal chief has held talks with the coptic leader to heal the rift caused by rome's decision to provide non-liturgi...
The Catholic Herald
Problems with the Vatican's new norms for vetting supernatural phenomena
one of the most compelling attractions of catholicism is the immersion in the supernatural. the church birthed with the miracle of the resur...
Gavin Ashenden
The Acts of the Spirit: A dramatic sequel to the Gospels, with St Stephen to the fore
throughout the easter season we read large chunks of the acts of the apostles, and this month we celebrate two of the events related therein...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Carlo Acutis will be canonised after second miracle recognised
pope francis has recognised a miracle attributed to the intercession of blessed carlo acutis and today signed a decree which paves the way f...
The Catholic Herald
Two Catholic priests kidnapped in Nigeria within a week
yaoundé, cameroon – two catholic priests have been abducted in nigeria within a week, underscoring the ongoing persecution faced by christia...
Ngala Chimtom
Vatican offers assurances as China sets out rules for dialogue
rome – top vatican officials reaffirmed at a high-profile conference in rome this week that the church does not pose a threat to china’s sov...
Elise Allen
Hervé’s Way: The story of a one-legged pilgrim
it’s early in the morning. the clouds are low, there’s a chill in the air, the birds are singing. i’m walking out of the tuscan town of sarz...
John Laurenson
A woman's defence of Harrison Butker
what on earth was harrison butker thinking? hasn’t he learned that the way to recognise a woman’s dignity is to use her for pleasure, get he...
Katherine Bennett
Use of AI in weaponry and war demands great care over 'accountability gap'
in his address to the 1978 united nations general assembly, pope john paul ii emphasised that “research and technology must always be at the...
BishopDeclanLang
Should Catholics worry about having an atheist prime minister?
i dare say that few british catholic herald readers are atheists. a number won’t vote labour. but even some of those who do will recoil at t...
Paul Goodman
Canadian cardinal close to Pope free of wrongdoing, finds Canonical inquiry
rome – after an anonymous allegation arose against close papal aide cardinal gérald c. lacroix of québec earlier this year, a preliminary ca...
Elise Allen
Pope Francis confirms women cannot be ordained as deacons during US interview
pope francis has confirmed that women cannot be ordained as deacons during his interview with cbs news. the interview “pope francis: the fir...
Crux Staff
Tales of Walsingham: a pilgrim reflects on journeying to England's 'Nazareth'
whan that aprille with his shoures soote, the droghte of march hath perced to the roote… thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages . ( when&...
MichaelSwift
Cardinal Tagle to serve as Pope’s special envoy to US National Eucharistic Congress
new york — in what the head of the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) is calling a “gift,” filipino cardinal luis tagle wi...
johnlavenburg
Bach’s Mass in B Minor highlights how the great composer wove a ‘potent, steadfast faith' into his music
the "k" of the first kyrie shot straight down the middle of yale university’s impressive woolsey hall like a burning arrow; a foretaste of t...
Alex Hodgkinson
A surfeit of minor keys this Easter
michael white enjoys two requiems, a stabat mater and two outstanding premieres . musically, the journey through holy week to easter is a sl...
Michael White
Challenging liberal Christianity: Jesus gave very clear warnings about losing ‘saltiness’
christians are supposed to be unpopular. they are supposed to be out of touch with contemporary society (whether that means first-century pa...
Niall Gooch
Meeting between Cardinal Ambongo and Congo’s president eases tensions in Africa's largest Catholic country
amid what threatened to become a serious church v. state clash in africa’s largest catholic country, the cardinal threatened with prosecutio...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Israel objects to Catholic 'moral blindness' to Hamas terror
rome – just as israel continues to deploy its military “hard power” on the gaza strip, defying international pressure to back down, so too i...
John L Allen
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