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Sudanese bishops plead for peace as fighting claims 12,000 lives in under a year
yaoundè, cameroon – as a deadly conflict continues to rage in sudan, catholic bishops both inside the country and in neighbouring south suda...
Ngala Chimtom
‘Deteriorating situation’: Persecution of Catholic Church in Nicaragua
new york – archbishop thomas wenski of miami has said nicaragua's dictatorship has gone “off the rails” with the latest round of arrests of ...
johnlavenburg
Strange bedfellows: Unlikely figures who rallied around the Traditional Latin Mass in the 60s and 70s
when the post-vatican ii liturgical reform was getting underway in 1966, and again when the reformed mass had been unveiled in 1971, petitio...
Joseph Shaw
'On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me'…The Star of Bethlehem and the Infant Christ
today, astrology is big business. in 2021, the global astrology market size was valued at $12.8 billion, and it is projected to grow to $22....
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Vatican issues ‘clarification’ on same-sex blessings amid Fiducia Supplicans backlash
rome – less than a month after issuing an instruction outlining the reasoning and method for giving non-liturgical blessings to same-sex cou...
Elise Allen
John Studzinski receives major Catholic award in New York
investment banker and philanthropist john studzinski received the faith & culture award from the catholic new east welfare association (...
The Catholic Herald
Texas bishops ‘celebrate’ court ruling blocking US government's requirement for abortions if 'stabilising treatment necessary'
new york – after a federal appeals court ruled 2 january that emergency room doctors in texas are not required to perform abortions, effecti...
johnlavenburg
Why would women want to be Catholic priests when they can be Saints instead
the leaders of the german synodal way decided to make waves in 2023 by leaving biblical theology and anthropology at the door and endorsing ...
Thomas Edwards
African bishops rebuke political leaders for 'multiple failures' across continent
yaoundè, cameroon – in offering hopes and prayers for a better 2024, the catholic bishops of africa delivered a largely searing judgment abo...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Fijian archbishop echoes Pope's warnings about dehumanising impact of Artificial Intelligence
the catholic church in fiji has called on fijians to be mindful of the potentially negative effects of artificial intelligence. archbishop p...
Crux Staff
Catholicism and the corrida: a response
the catholic church must sever its ties with bullfighting, argues fr terry martin. pope francis famously wrote in laudato si’ that “every ac...
Fr Terry Martin
‘On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me’…A Wassail Cup for a party
since the celebrations are still going on, the following beverage is drunk as part of the tradition of "wassailing", an ancient english yule...
The Catholic Herald
'England and The Papacy in the Early Middle Ages', by Benjamin Savill
england and the papacy in the early middle ages benjamin savill oxford university press, £83, 352 pages relations between england and the pa...
John Ritzema
Dealing with war and refugees as a priest in Rhodes and Israel
the island of rhodes, in the aegean sea, has always been a gateway between east and west. as the parish priest here for the past 23 years, i...
Luke Gregory OFM
One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions: Tackling religious ‘myths’
our daughter, felicity, is starting year 9. she is really good at science and wants to be an engineer. getting her to mass hasn’t been easy ...
The Catholic Herald
Culture wars are nothing new: Mince pies were popish abominations to Cromwell’s Puritans
with the christmas period continuing through to early january, might i urge catholics to "hold the line" – to keep their trees and decoratio...
Tom Colsy
Letter from the Editor: Jeremy Irons, the Cotswolds, charity and Da Vinci
on a chilly night early in december, i attended a wonderful charity dinner at sudeley castle in gloucestershire which raised money for wellc...
William Cash
Christians in the Holy Land
this christmastide issue of the catholic herald is a reminder that, for christians, the festive season is still festive. secular society may...
The Catholic Herald
Mythmaking online and Marshall McLuhan
nick ripatrazone explores how walter j scheirer’s new book a history of fake things on the internet engages with marshall mcluhan’s ide...
Nick Ripatrazone
Did the King's speech bode well for his faithful subjects in 2024, a year that could prove momentous?
in the spirit of apocalyptic optimism, political pundits are prophesying not so much doom rather a great deal of civic excitement for this n...
Gavin Ashenden
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