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Fr Schall: The man who launched a thousand libraries
the legendary georgetown professor fr james schall sj died peacefully last week, at the age of 91, surrounded by his family. he had retired ...
Gerald Russello
Heretic of the week: Rudolf Steiner
rudolf steiner (1861-1925) was born in donji kraljevec, now in croatia but then in the hungarian half of the austro-hungarian empire. his fa...
Charles Coulombe
How to... celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday
divine mercy sunday was introduced by pope st john paul ii in 2000 when he canonised st faustina kowalska, a polish nun and visionary who re...
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Catholics should strive to imitate the bees of Notre-Dame
one blessing from the suppression of the old english translation of the roman missal and the introduction of the new, was the return of the ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The Resurrection is only the beginning
second sunday of easter acts 5:12-16; rev 1:9-13 & 17-19; john 20:19-31 (year c) the gospels conclude with the resurrection of jesus on ...
Bishop David McGough
St Paul VI's other earth-shaking encyclical
sent to proclaim the gospels by jim mcmanus cssr, redemptorist publications, 164pp, £12.99/$15 pope paul vi’s great encyclical on evangelisa...
Fr Denis Blackledge SJ
Surviving Nazism with help from Bach
one hundred miracles by zuzana růžičková (with wendy holden) bloomsbury, 368pp, £18.99/$25 holocaust survivor stories follow a regrettably (...
Michael White
A humanising tale of a king's five daughters
daughters of chivalry: the forgotten children of edward i by kelsey wilson-lee, picador, 346pp, £20/$25 to forget something you have to know...
Allan Massie
In praise of Notre-Dame's 8,000-pipe organ
devastation and disbelief was our response when we watched the gothic cathedral notre-dame de paris ablaze, shorn of its collapsed spire and...
Jens F Laurson
A fresco to guide us through these dark times
on the first easter morning, christ’s followers were mourning, and his despairing apostles hid in a locked room. the broken and bloodied cor...
Michele Bregande
A terrible pope but a patron of genius
pope julius ii, the “warrior pope”, was the most successful – and fortunate – artistic patron of the high renaissance in rome. but we cannot...
Stephen Withnell
Biden, Buttigieg and the challenge for today's Church
pete buttigieg, the democratic presidential candidate and flavour of the month, offers america “generational leadership” – and i’m finally o...
Tim Stanley
To stop persecution, put conditions on aid
while the civilised world looks on in horror the sultan of brunei proclaims that homosexuals can be stoned. the cries of outrage and calls f...
Ann Widdecombe
Why Benedict by-passed the Vatican
the essay on sexual abuse by pope emeritus benedict xvi merits attention for its analysis of the ecclesial and cultural trends that led to t...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Rebuilding Notre-Dame will pit Church against state – again
the archbishop of paris, michel aupetit, is renowned for his calm demeanor and easy-going manner. that made it all the more significant when...
Samuel Gregg
Should a Catholic university president tell a bishop to resign?
how do catholic colleges help to reform the church in the wake of the latest revelations of clerical sex abuse? answers vary widely across t...
Michael Warren Davis
How pro-life groups are battling the campus censors
there is something of a free speech crisis in british universities. the propensity to ban the discussion or promotion of ideas which some st...
Simon Caldwell
Why you can't always rely on papal transcripts
there was a pretty big stink in certain quarters earlier this month over some very selective editing of off-the-cuff remarks pope francis ma...
Christopher R. Altieri
World News: From Caracas to Khartoum
toronto priest’s praise of francis plagiarised from anti-catholic site allegations of plagiarism against a prominent priest have taken an un...
The Catholic Herald
Meanwhile: Media struggles to report on Notre-Dame
there was some bleak amusement to be had in the media’s struggles as it reported on the notre-dame fire. some news sources seemed surprised ...
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