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What we might be asked at the gates of heaven
most of us have been raised to believe that we have a right to possess whatever comes to us honestly, either through our own work or through...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
A stroll in the desert makes me wonder: has the West lost the secret of contentment?
it had been a day of searing heat in the city of logiya in ethiopia’s north-east afar region. it’s a tough neighbourhood, containing the dan...
James Jeffrey
Heretic of the week: Caspar Schwenckfeld
caspar schwenckfeld (1489-1561) was yet another catholic priest who lost his mooring during turbulent times – in this case, the reformation ...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0586
cryptic across 6 mongolian leader is ‘bully, brute, animal’ (11) 8 queen’s opting out – in oxford, principal goes to ring fellow dinosaur (8...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, march 31 : fourth sunday of lent (laetare sunday) jos 5:9a, 10-12; ps 34; 2 cor 5:17-21;&nb...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Befriend your guardian angel
"beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life," declared st basil in the 4th century. the catholic chu...
The Catholic Herald
I envied the nun who asked me: 'What's a selfie?'
what does it mean to be in the world and not of it? this is an essential question for lent. the christian humanism promoted by the church si...
Fr Dominic Allain
Omnium Gatherum: a water break on the Lenten marathon
the fourth sunday of lent is known by the first word of the introit, the first chant of mass, “ laetare … rejoice”! this is one of two days ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The Word this Week: sin diminishes our expectations
fourth sunday of lent josh 5:9-12; 2 cor 5:17-21; lk 15:1-3 & 11-12 (year c) "the lord said to joshua, ‘today i have taken the shame of ...
Bishop David McGough
James Clerk Maxwell: Behind the groundbreaking equations, a firm faith
professor maxwell’s duplicitous demon by brain clegg icon books, 304pp, £16.99/$25 names like albert einstein and isaac newton spring easily...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
The abortion worker who crossed the road
unplanned by abby johnson ignatius press, 304pp, £12.99/$16.99 the author, formerly working for planned parenthood as the director of an abo...
Charlie Hegarty
Christians weren't Ancient Rome's only victims
ten caesars by barry strauss simon and schuster, 432pp, £20/$28 one is naturally disposed to be defensive of “western civilisation”, in part...
James Baresel
The forgotten forerunners of St Patrick
saint patrick retold by roy flechner princeton, 320pp, £22/$28 the irish have a talent for promotion in a way their celtic cousins – the wel...
David Platzer
Ricky Gervais's bleak sitcom for atheists
in dover beach, matthew arnold tells his “love” that the world “hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light/ nor certitude, nor peace, nor ...
Carl Curtis
Hans Gál: The composer silenced by the Nazis – and musical snobs
centenaries are ten a penny, but here’s one you might not know about: 1919 saw the premiere in breslau of hans gál’s first opera, der arzt d...
Thelma Lovell
The feminist heroine whose brilliant mind brought her into the Church
imagine, if you will, a gathering of bright young girls at boston’s emmanuel college, a prestigious catholic women’s college run by the sist...
Charles Coulombe
They may not know it, but pro-EU marchers are flying the flag for Our Lady
it certainly was an impressive sight: hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of london last weekend demonstrating, essentially, in f...
Mary Kenny
'Christian fascists go to hell': Australia's new lynch-mob mentality
hours before 10am on wednesday, march 13 a media cloud had gathered over the county court of victoria, melbourne. in a first for australia, ...
Natasha Marsh
Brexit is a mess, but I have full confidence in the British spirit
i’ve been asked to explain brexit as i see it, which i will do as straightforwardly yet non-specifically as possible. events are moving fast...
Tim Stanley
Pope Francis got it right on Cardinal Barbarin
pope francis did the right thing in refusing to accept the resignation offered by cardinal philippe barbarin of lyons after his conviction b...
Fr Raymond de Souza
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