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Death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Cardinal Nichols
the archbishop of westminster, cardinal vincent nichols, has issued the following statement on the death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. "i a...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: 1927-2022
it is anomalous that joseph ratzinger—who was pope benedict xvi from 2005 to 2013, and afterwards pope emeritus until his death at the vatic...
The Catholic Herald
Church mourns death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
the catholic church is today mourning the death today of pope emeritus benedict xvi. the 95-year-old german former pope died at 9.34 am loca...
Simon Caldwell
Diary: by William Stirling James
i have been reading of the oscar schindler-like exploits of my friend and herald director brooks newmark, who has not only taken in a ukrain...
William Stirling James
Long Christmas
a happy christmas to all our readers. you may think that this sentiment has somehow got displaced from the christmas issue, but it is in fac...
The Catholic Herald
On the Sixth Day of Christmas: Yuletide with PG Wodehouse
as the christmas octave continues, simon may takes an affectionate ecumenical look at plum wodehouse's treatment of the numerous anglican cl...
Simon May
Church in prayer for Benedict as new details emerge in Rome
vatican city : december 29, 2022 new details about pope emeritus benedict xvi’s condition have emerged following pope francis’s request yest...
Diana Montagna
On the Fifth Day of Christmas: Crown, sword and mitre
ben stephens reflects on the life, death, and afterlife of thomas becket, who rose to be henry ii’s lord chancellor and archbishop of canter...
Ben Stephens
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI under medical care as health takes sudden turn
vatican city, dec 28, 2022 the vatican confirmed wednesday that pope emeritus benedict xvi has experienced a sudden decline in his health, b...
Hannah Brockhaus
The Rupnik Scandal: the Jesuit must stand trial, says New York canonist
father marko rupnik at a private audience with pope francis at the apostolic palace on january 3, 2022 (vatican media) (rome) fr marko ...
Diana Montagna
The King's Christmas message struck the perfect note for our multi-faith society
gavin ashenden’s recent post in respect of the king’s christmas message 2022 asks whether the king has sowed the destruction of the house of...
Mark Jenkins
The Rupnik Scandal: Leading canonist dissects handling of startling case
(rome) ever since the fr rupnik scandal broke earlier this month — alleging that the slovenian jesuit artist serially abused women religious...
Diana Montagna
On the Third Day of Christmas: The Incarnation
on the feast of st john the evangelist, the great apostle of the incarnation, an extract from the third chapter of st athanasius’s great tre...
St Athanasius of Alexandria
The Christmas speech that defines the King as a 'defender of faiths'
has king charles sowed the seeds of the destruction of the house of windsor? dramatically this year the king’s speech refers not just to a f...
Gavin Ashenden
Michael Hodgetts: distinguished recusant historian who oversaw the restoration of Harvington Hall
priest-holes – those small spaces in old english houses which sheltered mission priests in the dangerous days of the elizabethan persecution...
The Catholic Herald
On the Second Day of Christmas: The Feast of Stephen
veteran theologian and herald contributor john barton unpicks the message of the paradox that is st stephen's day: when the liturgical theme...
Dr John Barton
On the First Day of Christmas: Bethlehem Bells
our correspondent may baldwin's account of christmas in the holy land - then a british protectorate under the terms of the league of nations...
May Baldwin
Video: The moment when Catholic woman praying silently is arrested by three police officers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6e105a58p8 this is the moment when three uniformed police officers arrest a catholic woman for standing sil...
Simon Caldwell
'Christmas, A Message of Hope': a GB News special for the festive weekend
the fading of christian faith as a vital force in modern britain is nowhere more evident than in the broadcast media; its growing coarseness...
Niall Gooch
New 'queer' carol: Cardinal Nichols expresses concern
you might think that christmas could be nothing but christian, but that would be to underestimate not only the dulling numbing of secular ho...
Gavin Ashenden
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