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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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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
Convert to Christianity beaten in Bradford
a man has been brutally assaulted by a gang in bradford after converting from islam to christianity. father-of-six nissar hussain was l...
Catholic Herald View
Damian Thompson: Can a great composer revive a tone-deaf Church?
both the high and the low points of my week were catholic. i experienced the high point watching bbc iplayer on my computer, slumped on the ...
Andy Leisinger
Prize crossword
cryptic across 5 dubious pact he made for a wife of constantine (6) 7 japanese city name a famous painter (6) 9 see officer commanding, sham...
Catholic Herald View
Saint of the week St Vincent de Paul (September 27)
a bright child perhaps no one else in history has done more to serve the poor than st vincent de paul. he is venerated by both the catholic ...
Spiritual Life
Word This Week
the 26th sunday of the year nm 11:25-29; jas 5:1-6; mk 9:38-43, 45 & 47-48 (year b) ‘but who can detect all his errors? from hidden...
Bishop David McGough
Last year’s synod was a real scream
the rigging of a vatican synod? by edward pentin, ignatius pentin, £11.86 the story of last october’s synod is well known, but edward...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Theatre & Music
theatre kidman works her chemistry on dna nicole kidman, who was last seen on the london stage 17 years ago in david hare’s adaptation of ar...
Robert Tanitch
Cinema and Television
prepare for a breakneck ride round the piazza cinema palio cert 12a, 91 mins ★★★★☆ each year siena’s piazza del campo hosts a pair of ...
Will Gore
Mary Kenny: Jackie Collins wasn’t weird
it is a source of great fascination to me that almost every value that was commonly upheld in my youth has been overturned – and many values...
Mary Kenny
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