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How Britain failed Asia Bibi
at last, asia bibi is free. six months after her acquittal on a trumped-up charge of blasphemy, the pakistani government has confirmed that ...
David Alton
Diary: Don't dismiss punctuality as a minor virtue
in budapest last weekend, i loved the collision of architectural styles: onion-domed churches from the east; classical palaces from italy; t...
Harry Mount
Why a papal press conference 'upset the faithful' in Croatia
when the pope mentioned the projected canonisation of a communist-era cardinal, the reactions demonstrated the passions still surrounding th...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Church officials disagree over the EU's future
as voters across europe prepare to elect a new european parliament, bishops have urged continued support for the european union against a cu...
Jonathan Luxmoore
'Censorship zones prevent real choice': the battle over pro-life vigils
when richmond council became the second local authority to impose a “buffer zone” around an abortion clinic, it set aside £100,000 of taxpay...
Simon Caldwell
The proof of the pudding is in Buffalo
an interesting question in the wake of pope francis’s reform of reporting law and bishop accountability measures is: who will be first? in t...
Christopher R. Altieri
Will the new abuse law work in practice?
pope francis introduced reform legislation last week requiring all clerics and religious – men and women – to report abuse, cover-up, or sus...
Christopher R. Altieri
World News: from Buenos Aires to Bhopal
philadelphia pro-lifers rally after ‘shame on you’ videos a series of videos by a pennsylvania politician has prompted more than 1,000 pro-l...
Staff writers
Meanwhile... Cardinal climbs down manhole
a polish cardinal has provoked anger from italy’s deputy prime minister after climbing down a manhole to restore electricity to a state-owne...
Staff writers
The Best of the Web: March for Life, Fatima and comedy
marching for life and a positive future on the letters page of the financial times, john green took issue with another letter-writer, barbar...
Staff writers
The Week Ahead: beatification, ordinations and Marian motets
saturday may 18 sees the beatification of guadalupe ortiz (1916-75) in her birthplace of madrid. she will be the first beatified lay member ...
The Catholic Herald
Overlooked: Pope dampens expectations of women deacons
what happened? pope francis has disappointed campaigners for women deacons, saying that the commission he appointed to study the subject was...
The Catholic Herald
The Big Story: Vatican introduces new law on reporting abuse
what happened? whistleblowers will be protected and bishops given extra scrutiny under new laws promulgated by pope francis last thursday. v...
The Catholic Herald
Vos estis: revolution and realism
last week the vatican announced with much fanfare a new law concerning clerical abuse. the law, issued via the document vos estis lux mundi ...
The Catholic Herald
May 10th 2019
The Catholic Herald
How to... Pray for vocations
this sunday is the world day of prayer for vocations. it is an occasion set aside for asking our lord to serve his church with priests and r...
The Catholic Herald
Dear Fr Rutler: As a new convert, should I tone down my wardrobe?
dear father rutler, twice a month i attend a meeting of fellow knitters and needle-pointers. usually the conversations are focused on family...
Fr George Rutler
In praise of Eucharistic Prayer I
as a new catholic, i know i have been naïve about a number of things. one of them was assuming that at mass at most churches on any given su...
Andrew Petiprin
Time and eternity met in Les Murray's sacramental poetry
god, at the end of prose, somehow be our poem – when forebrainy consciousness goes. – les murray, “you find you can leave it all”, in consci...
Anian Christoph Wimmer
Heretic of the Week: Emanuel Swedenborg
emanuel swedenborg (1688-1772) was – not too surprisingly, given his name – a native of sweden. emanuel’s father, jesper swedenborg, was the...
Charles Coulombe
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