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The beautiful witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches
the coal country of north-eastern pennsylvania is full of depressed small towns which have been losing population for decades. today, if the...
Jon Anderson
Diary: 40 years on, British transport is even worse
when i was a boy, my highest ambition was to be a soldier. i dreamt of a career as a dashing officer in the life guards, adorning myself eac...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
In Australia, Pell's most outspoken defenders are outside the hierarchy
when the mccarrick scandal first broke in america, catholics began to leave the church in droves. but when the verdict against cardinal geor...
Natasha Marsh
Catholic voters are likely to face an unappetising choice in 2020
last march, cardinal timothy dolan wrote an op-ed in the wall street journal headlined “the democrats abandon catholics”. the archbishop of ...
Michael Warren Davis
How one diocese is opening a route out of poverty
cardinal vincent nichols has revealed himself as practical man on social matters, seen most notably perhaps in his work with the victims of ...
Simon Caldwell
The government faces a growing parental rebellion
for most catholic parents a time will come when, sitting on the sofa at home watching pre-watershed primetime family television, for instanc...
Simon Caldwell
When a bishop resigns, the faithful have a right to know why
"transparency" was one of the buzzwords over the four days of february 21-24, during which 190 people gathered in the vatican to discuss chi...
Christopher R. Altieri
News round-up: From Huancayo to Hyderabad
richmond, virginia catholic senator votes against abortion survival bill catholic bishops in virginia have said they are “outraged” at the v...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"a great tragedy" pope emeritus benedict xvi on the conflict in ukraine meeting with archbishop shevchuk "the teaching of morals at the greg...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: A chef's calling and Florence and the Machine
a star chef launched a cafeteria to feed the poor – after remembering a prayer he sent up decades ago. robert mendoza, who has cooked for th...
Staff writers
The best of the web: ISIS, fasting and false allegations
isis sparks conversion – to christianity muslims in syria are converting to christianity because of the horrific violence of isis, wrote yul...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Family fast day, Francis's sixth anniversary, Pell sentencing
one way to help the needy this lent is to join cafod’s family fast day on friday march 15. the idea is to eat a simple meal – a bowl of soup...
Staff writers
Overlooked story of the week: Cardinals criticise 'Vatican closet' author
what happened? two cardinals have cast doubt on a recent exposé. cardinals gerhard müller and walter kasper criticised the methods of frédér...
Staff writers
The week's big story: Australia debates Cardinal Pell's conviction
what happened? cardinal george pell’s conviction for child sexual abuse has sparked a national debate in australia, with speculation mountin...
Staff writers
The controversies that will define the Amazon synod
now that the abuse summit is over, vatican-watchers are turning their attention to rome’s next big gathering of bishops: the amazon synod. t...
The Catholic Herald
March 8, 2019
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You need to watch this German masterpiece
never look away tells kind of the story that invites superlatives and deserves them. based upon the life of painter gerhard richter, it tell...
Deal Hudson
Why clerical beards divide the Eastern and Western Church
the wearing of beards by clergy is a topic historically fraught with contradiction. but before we explore those contradictions, i owe you th...
Charles Coulombe
The war on priestly celibacy
the consensus has it out for priestly celibacy and chastity in catholicism. which means we the faithful, lay and clerical, are called to ral...
Sohrab Ahmari
Could priests in California be jailed over the Seal of Confession?
last week a california state senator introduced a bill to remove the penitential exemption from mandatory reporting of sexual abuse, in what...
Jordan Bloom
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