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The paradox of the 'child-free' movement
it has sometimes been claimed that the annunciation – which of course we mark on march 25 – is the most frequently painted theme in the hist...
Mary Kenny
'ISIS brides' weren't brainwashed. Just ask their victims
less than a year ago i stood in the ruined old city of mosul, standing next to the mosque where the caliphate had been proclaimed by isis le...
Fr Benedict Kiely
Is meat about to get the chop?
if, like me, you have millennial granddaughters, you will have encountered vegetarianism. what several years ago was regarded as an eccentri...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
A theological thriller that has stood the test of time
orwell thought that the novel was a protestant art form. this may seem silly, especially when you consider the number of catholic novelists,...
Allan Massie
Cardinal Danneels: the man who tried to surf a tsunami
a titan of the european church since the late 1970s, godfried danneels died as a symbol of an exhausted liberal catholicism resuscitated by ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
How to renew a diocese
over the years, i have worked in several dioceses and contexts. i’ve often heard brother priests say things like: “we don’t know where we’re...
Bishop Philip Egan
Bring your parish back to life
Mass attendance is up 12 per cent a year. Income has more than doubled. Here's what I've learned in the process
Fr Joseph Illo
Diary: Guardian angels, Scouse accents and a 12th-century retrochoir
among the bank of menacing clouds hanging over us all at the moment, the rise of anti-semitism is one of the most disturbing. it is only 75 ...
Peter Stanford
As Poland's Church examines its conscience, a priest's statue is toppled
officials in gdańsk have ordered the removal of a monument to a catholic priest linked to the solidarity movement amid accusations that he w...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Dozens of US bishops approve SSPX weddings
if an american diocese granted permission for the society of st pius x (sspx) to celebrate nuptial masses within their territory, you might ...
Michael Warren Davis
Westminster prepares for 490 new Catholics
more than 400 people took part in the rite of election at westminster cathedral earlier this month. at masses presided over by cardinal vinc...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
A Scottish saint goes under the microscope
part of st margaret of scotland’s shoulder bone has been removed from its reliquary by archaeologists seeking to find out more about the lif...
Nick Drainey
Why Catholics and Mormons are setting aside their differences
russell nelson, president of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (lds), visited the vatican last week and met pope francis. afte...
Christopher R. Altieri
World News: from Chicago to Christchurch
washington, dc highest honour for catholic soldier killed in iraq a catholic soldier will be posthumously awarded the medal of honor, the un...
The Catholic Herald
Meanwhile: Fasting on beer; a rare glimpse of a crucifix
a man from ohio is adopting a rather unusual lenten fast: he will eat nothing and drink only beer. del hall, a marathon-running us army vete...
The Catholic Herald
The best of the web: anti-natalism, Kyrgyzstan, vigil violence
a 'daft reason' not to have children alexandria ocasio-cortez, the youngest member of the us congress, recently said that “young people” wer...
The Catholic Herald
Overlooked: German bishops to discuss morality
what happened? cardinal reinhard marx has announced that the german church will start a “synodal process” to discuss – along with priestly c...
The Catholic Herald
The big story: Cardinal Danneels dies aged 85
what happened? cardinal godfried danneels, for years one of the dominant figures in european catholicism, has died aged 85 in his hometown o...
The Catholic Herald
This crisis of faith calls for action
a priest recently made a request for prayers on twitter. “pray for one of my older parishioners who has just died,” he wrote. “she said she ...
The Catholic Herald
Competitions expose musicians to the brutal truths of concert life
competitions are the marmite of the music world, applauded by the public for their bloodsports element but loathed by plenty of musicians fo...
Michael White
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