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The unintelligibility of American patriotism
the us devotion to the peoples’ ‘unalienable rights’ is a logical fallacy. in the calendar of american civil religion, july 4 is a solemnity...
Ken Craycraft
Our hope in Mary’s Immaculate Heart
in a time of increasing isolation, conflicts and fragmentation - within society, and within the heart of man – what does the worl...
Anita Boniface
The King at Spanish Place
hm the king, with dr kadiatu kanneh mason (left) and wigmore hall director john gilhooly (right), presenting royal philharmonic society hono...
Fr Christopher Colven
On Pilgrimage With: Emma Edwards
where would you go? to sénanque, in provence, in its quiet valley right in the centre of the luberon. it’s the place made famous by al...
Emma Edwards
Episcopal hierarchy, not lay democracy: Bishop Schneider appeals to Pope Francis to rescind new synod norms
bishop athanasius schneider is appealing to pope francis to rescind new norms that grant equal voting rights to bishops and laity at the oct...
Diana Montagna
Our free will may seem obvious, but philosophers and scientists challenge it
it’s my decision – or is it? this month, i’ve decided to write about free will. i could have chosen to write about other topics, and if you ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
The joys of conviviality
mark the calendar: i have been to cambridge, having taken up a kind invitation from piers brendon, one of our reviewers, to have lunch with ...
Serenhedd James
Vatican's new doctrine chief Archbishop Fernández wrote book advising couples to kiss during sex
the new head of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith is an argentine archbishop who wrote a book advising couples to kiss during sexu...
Simon Caldwell
Michael de la Bédoyère and growing up with the Catholic Herald
stephen le la bédoyère remembers his father michael, who edited the catholic herald between 1934 and 1962, on the 50th anniversary of his de...
Steve de la Bedoyere
Homesick for Heaven
how stories help us make sense of the world. on easter sunday, 1999, pope john paul ii published his letter to artists, writing: “‘from chao...
Katherine Bennett
Nigeria's persecuted Christians
last month, fr charles onomhoale igechi was murdered in benin, less than a year after his ordination, the latest in a succession of nigerian...
The Catholic Herald
How are the mighty fallen – or pushed
we should beware unelected bodies censuring our politicians. i have heard it said that one of the great symbols of democratic government is ...
Niall Gooch
Letter from the Editor: July 2023
one of my favourite articles in this issue, with its irish cover, is stephen de la bédoyère’s elegiac account of growing up when his father,...
William Cash
Diary: by Gavin Plumley
william byrd died 400 years ago this month. various commemorative events and services are accordingly taking place, including in lincoln, th...
Gavin Plumley
U.S. Cardinal McCarrick 'not competent' to stand trial on abuse charges, says mental health expert
former u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick is not competent to stand trial on criminal sexual abuse charges in massachusetts, a mental health e...
Joe Bukuras
Catholic Church in Germany loses half-a-million members in just a year
the catholic church in germany is facing an unprecedented crisis, with more than half a million baptised catholics leaving the church in 202...
CNA Staff
Missal belonging to priest who received King Charles II into Catholic faith goes on display
the missal used by the priest who reconciled king charles ii with the catholic faith has gone on display to the public. the 1623 missale rom...
Tom Colsy
Future uncertain for outspoken U.S. Bishop Strickland after Vatican investigates his conduct
the vatican’s dicastery of bishops has completed a formal investigation of bishop joseph e. strickland and the diocese of tyler, texas, acco...
CNA Staff
It's time to teach the young that babies are a blessing and not a curse
i’ve just returned from my sons’ sports day. it was hot, there wasn’t much shade, and he didn’t win. good job it’s all about the taking part...
Katherine Bennett
Pope recognises 'heroic virtues' of Sister Lucia dos Santos, putting Fatima visionary a step closer to sainthood
pope francis has advanced the cause for the canonisation of the last of the children who saw the blessed virgin mary at fatima, portugal, pu...
Simon Caldwell
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