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The week in quotations
"she will be leaving in weeks" pakistan prime minister imran khan on asia bibi bbc interview "the sign of peace, reduced in catholic masses ...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Yes, encyclicals are getting longer
catholics sometimes wonder whether papal encyclicals have got rather long in recent decades. now a researcher has confirmed the trend. sharo...
Staff writers
The best of the web: art patrons, proselytism and Catholic colleges
the decline – and return? – of patronage “for centuries,” wrote benjamin sutton at the art market website artsy, “the catholic church was on...
Staff writers
The week ahead: A blessing, a gentleman, a pro-life opportunity
on easter morning at 10am rome time, pope francis will give the annual blessing “urbi et orbi” (“to the city and the world”). a plenary indu...
Staff writers
The big story: Benedict XVI offers history lesson on abuse
what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has published a 6,000-word essay on the abuse crisis, tracing its historical roots and arguing tha...
Staff writers
What's more astonishing than the Big Bang? Ask the man who proposed it
on easter sunday, we contemplate with wonder the empty tomb, and the circumstances of the resurrection transport us all the way back to gene...
Fr Julian Large
Our own Good Friday
when the romans designed crucifixion as their means of capital punishment, they had more in mind than simply putting someone to death. they ...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The unredeemed universe of Game of Thrones
to those not of a squeamish nature and who don’t mind the occasional beheading or people being eaten by their own dogs, this sunday sees the...
Ed West
Heretic of the week: Philip Melanchthon
philip melanchthon (1497-1560) was born philip schwartzerdt at bretten; his father was armourer to the local lord; his mother was a niece of...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0588
cryptic across 5 paul’s relative shredding of union cards (10) 7 minerva’s equivalent article another included to make a point (6) 8 mark is...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, april 14 : palm sunday of the passion of the lord lk 19:28-40; is 50:4-7; ps 22; phil 2:6-11; lk...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Observe Tenebrae
tenebrae is a passiontide service now rarely observed in the catholic church. tenebrae is the latin for “darkness” and the ceremony involved...
The Catholic Herald
There's always hope for the renewal of the priesthood
on maundy thursday bishops and priests will celebrate the chrism mass and renew the promises made at ordination. many are demoralised by the...
Fr Dominic Allain
This Sunday, sing your Hosannas with a difference
with our jewish forebears singing at passover, and with countless catholic generations, at every mass we cry to the lord, “we beseech you, s...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
What to pray for as Holy Week begins
palm sunday is 50:4-7; phil 2:6-11; lk 22:14 - 23:56 (year c) the liturgy of holy week begins with the blessing of palms and the commemorati...
Bishop David McGough
The 'woke' get the parody they deserve
woke: a guide to social justice by titania mcgrath constable, 150pp, £12.99/$18.99 an aphorism traditionally attributed to gk chesterton not...
Simon Caldwell
An academic philosopher takes on the universe
the territories of human reason by alister e mcgrath oup, 304pp, £25/$35 alister mcgrath is someone who has frequently taken on the new athe...
Michael Duggan
When Elgar turned to the Druids
the conductor martyn brabbins and hyperion have given us the second complete recording of elgar’s 1898 cantata caractacus. it’s been more th...
Deal Hudson
Letters & emails
a solution to the confession crisis sir – regarding low participation in the sacrament of confession (letters, march 22 and 29), may i sugge...
The Catholic Herald
Dear Fr Rutler: Can my bishop discipline me for offering the old Mass?
dear father rutler, a group of young parishioners has asked me to begin celebrating the latin mass once a week, which would be a great pleas...
Fr George Rutler
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