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The London households that host virtuoso musicians
the saddest funerals are those that mark the end not only of a life but also of a culture that surrounded it; and an example was the funeral...
Michael White
A biography of Bugnini paints a startling picture
for christmas i was given a copy of the newly translated biography of annibale bugnini, architect of the novus ordo mass – and hero or émine...
Fr Dominic Allain
How to… Mark Candlemas
on february 2, even the most diehard acknowledge that it’s time to put away the crib, take down the mistletoe and leave the season of christ...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis has made dialogue with the Muslim world a top priority
at 8:45am last sunday, a bomb exploded during mass near the cathedral of our lady of mount carmel in the southern philippines. it shattered ...
The Catholic Herald
Week in review
the big story of the past seven days ✣ pope francis: i’ll think about exceptions on priestly celibacy what happened? pope francis said on mo...
Staff writers
World news
notre dame, indiana christopher columbus murals to be covered up notre dame university has decided to cover up its 19th-century murals depic...
Staff writers
The Pope's prayer app is an excellent idea
pope francis launched his own profile on the “click to pray” app on sunday, january 20, just ahead of his departure for world youth day cele...
Christopher R. Altieri
Britain's abortion lobbyists are hard at work. But we can resist them
in july 2017, a month after the last general election, some of the top figures in britain’s abortion industry were in ebullient mood. one of...
Simon Caldwell
Notre Dame's Columbus murals: the bigger picture
oliver cromwell reportedly paused over the body of charles i – freshly liberated of its head – and muttered, “cruel necessity.” no doubt he ...
Michael Warren Davis
Why Vietnamese authorities are bulldozing Catholic homes
on january 8, authorities in vietnam demolished hundreds of homes in an area known as loc hung vegetable garden in ho chi minh city. in a ma...
Staff Reporter
How the Church is helping poor and hungry Venezuelans
on rubbish-strewn waste ground in caracas, fr jesús godoy grasps a large wooden cross and preaches to men who survive by finding food amid t...
Miguel Cullen
Turin: Europe's greatest baroque city
there’s no place colder than the lombard plain in january, and nowhere colder in lombardy than the vast echoing church and cloisters of the ...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
'It never occurred to me the synod would be quite so staged': an interview with Archbishop Anthony Fisher
archbishop anthony fisher of sydney was one of the leading protagonists at last october’s youth synod in rome. in an outspoken address, he a...
Jordan Bloom
Archbishop Fisher: a strong voice who inspires affection
australia’s second youngest archbishop, archbishop anthony fisher op of sydney, has made quite an impression on the global church. speaking ...
Natasha Marsh
World Youth Day offered glimpses of the Church at her best
world youth day appeared, even for those of us who watched from afar, to be the church at her best – joyous, united, drawing energy for evan...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The BBC once promoted a Christian worldview. Today it champions a very different philosophy
the bbc has wholeheartedly thrown its lot in with the liberal reformers; there has been no “impartiality” on any of the big moral issues of ...
Robin Aitken
Obesity: genes or gluttony?
are fat people fat because they’re greedy – gluttony being one of the seven deadly sins – or are they fat because of their genes? and are sl...
Mary Kenny
Letters & emails
the kaiser should have faced justice sir – in his review of the trial of the kaiser (books, january 25), allan massie concludes that “german...
The Catholic Herald
How Westminster Abbey suffered from no longer being Catholic
treasures of westminster abbey by tony trowles scala art, 176pp, £16.99/$25 walking into once catholic churches appropriated by other religi...
James Baresel
Being a Puritan was never an easy life
hot protestants: a history of puritanism in england and america by michael winship yale university press, 351pp, £20/$28 hold on to your hat...
Jonathan Wright
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