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Bishop opens and blesses new headquarters for Catholic Education Trust serving North England
the bishop of hexham and newcastle has blessed the headquarters of one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country. bishop stephen wr...
The Catholic Herald
Was Irish bard Shane McGowan let down by his own funeral Mass and by his Church?
no one does death like the irish. so the saying goes. or so we tell ourselves. when a funeral cortege makes its way from the church to the g...
Dualta Roughneen
Gaza’s only Catholic church damaged by shrapnel
the sole catholic church in gaza was damaged over the weekend as a result of the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. the latin patria...
The Catholic Herald
Why Catholics should continue to follow the news despite anti-religious and progressive bias
i’ve encountered a tendency amongst many fellow believers—especially in more traditional quarters—to express skepticism about the need to re...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Changing the conclave? Whatever happens next is likely also to have happened before
rome – despite two separate denials of mounting intensity, speculation continues to make the rounds that pope francis has tasked a veteran i...
John L Allen
Bishop Kukah: optimism in 'complicated' Nigeria despite fears of increasing Islamization
yaoundè, cameroon – a leading nigerian prelate has said that the very structure of the state in africa’s most populous nation is “dysfunctio...
Ngala Killian Chimtom
Not a tame pilgrimage
julian kwasniewski explores the spiritual and physical experience of going on adventure pilgrimages. in the voyage of the dawn treader , the...
Julian Kwasniewski
Decline of faith in Netherlands leaves priests 'burnt out' and demoralised
s-hertogenbosch, the netherlands – growing work pressure, parish mergers and church closings are causing stress for parish priests in the ne...
The Catholic Herald
Joy in Rome and Westminster as UK band joins up with Bethlehem singer for Christmas record
a song by a bethlehem resident made in connection with a london-based band has been praised by pope francis as christmas approaches. youstin...
Charles Collins
Pope demands loyalty from Syro-Malabar Church after resignation of controversial cardinal
mumbai – a leading dissident in india’s syro-malabar church has expressed satisfaction for the resignations of two senior officials, includi...
Nirmala Carvalho
Piercing the darkness with light in profundity at Advent and Christmas
advent and christmas draw us into the darkness: advent to prepare us and christmas to pierce the darkness with love, before the tiny light o...
Gavin Ashenden
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night, by Tahir Hamut Izgil
waiting to be arrested at night tahir hamut izgil jonathan cape, £18.99, 272 pages this poet’s account of life under intense surveillance in...
Hannah Glickstein
Ongoing conflict in Ukraine: the Church offers hope amid the desolation of war
“many children have met god here for the first time,” catechist ivanka fedorak told me during my recent trip to western ukraine. i was there...
Amy Balog
Another attack on womanhood - this time in Ireland
the mania in ireland for believing that everything that happened before yesterday was old, archaic, tainted with catholic values and therefo...
Laura Perrins
King Charles continues to speak up for UK’s Coptic Orthodox Christians
king charles iii expressed his “greatest admiration for the coptic community” during a visit to the coptic orthodox church centre in hertfor...
The Catholic Herald
Church lockdown closures caused widespread mental and physical harm, says survey
the closure of catholic churches during the 2020 lockdown contributed to widespread mental and physical suffering, according to the results ...
Simon Caldwell
Gaza parish priest laments entering Advent amid the tragedy of war
rome – as the church begins its advent and christmas seasons, the priest of gaza’s lone catholic parish stressed the importance of stepping ...
Elise Allen
The Mass Revealed, by Ricardo Reyes Castillo
the mass revealed ricardo reyes castillo independently published, £11.25, 92 pages this book is whimsical and profound, charming, doctrinall...
Joanna Bogle
Shark attack!: The first fatal encounter in North America was recorded by a Jesuit priest
the first fatal encounter in north america was recorded by a jesuit priest, explain kent mountford and richard g fernicola . the year was 16...
Kent Mountford and Richard G Fernicola
Drinking to the glory of God with 'Monastic Order'
serenhedd james talks to brian scarffe, the founder of monastic order , about his project and his vision for its future. another day; anothe...
Serenhedd James
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