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Walsingham rector appointed new Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark
(photo credit: marcin mazur) pope francis has appointed the rector of the marian shrine at walsingham as a new auxiliary bishop of southwark...
Simon Caldwell
Russia hits out at Pope for calling ethnic minority soldiers 'cruel'
the russian government has condemned comments made by the pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the i...
Olenka Hamilton
What is the Catholic take on cryptocurrency?
earlier this month, a conference held in valley forge, pennsylvania, brought together ideas from two seemingly distant worlds. the first-eve...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Is Catholicism in danger of becoming trendy?
as another social media 'influencer' seeks to join the church, karl gustel warnberg looks into the fascination with catholicism in our cultu...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Cardinal Zen convicted: when will Rome speak up for him?
on friday cardinal joseph zen was found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded humanitarian fund which paid medical and le...
Mark Lambert
Let us prepare to rediscover the value of waiting this Advent
was it easier once upon a time? did people in the past have more time for god? were they more naturally attuned to what god was saying to th...
Fr Mark Vickers
Own goal: the Church of England and the World Cup Final
with the world’s eyes on qatar, there’s a huge rumpus brewing in the clergy circles i move in – both face-to-face and on social media – abou...
Jeremy Haselock
Cardinals condemn German 'Synodal Path' in Vatican report
on thursday the vatican published reports prepared by cardinal luis ladaria ferrer and cardinal marc ouellet which condemned the...
Mark Lambert
Down's woman vows to fight abortion law discrimination in Supreme Court
a woman with down’s syndrome is to take her fight to halt abortions up to birth for babies with her genetic condition after the court of app...
Simon Caldwell
Podcast 27: The Spirit and Meaning of Vatican II with Mark Lambert
in the 27th episode of merely catholic, the podcast series for the catholic herald, dr gavin ashenden reflects on the gulf between the so-ca...
Gavin Ashenden
The Synod can never achieve its aim of making the Church 'Catholic in a different way'
bishop georg bätzing, the head of the german bishops’ conference (dbk), has explained what he wants the german synodal path to ach...
Gavin Ashenden
Liberals are wrong to push for the ordination of women
i was once in conversation with a man so desperately concerned with women’s rights that he soon put me in my place for defending the male pr...
Katherine Bennett
Canada's hellish euthanasia laws
does life have no value anymore? asks simon caldwell for a language which to the english ear occasionally sounds guttural, german also conta...
Simon Caldwell
How 'victimhood' is destroying the Church
a misguided quest for equality in the church is driving us further and further away from god , writes gavin ashenden as with chess, so with ...
Gavin Ashenden
A solution to problems faced by the Order of Malta?
i humbly entreat thee through the intercession of the most holy virgin of philermo, of st john the baptist, blessed gerard and all the saint...
Father Anonymous
Gugerotti to play vital role in Vatican's efforts to end Ukraine war
the vatican's new prefect for the dicastery for eastern churches is expected to play a pivotal role in the holy see's efforts to end the war...
Olenka Hamilton
In football, we find 'a simple version of the great quest for salvation'
the world cup began on sunday. i love football as much as the next woman, but i do have some interest in this tournament: my brot...
Katherine Bennett
The feast of Christ the King and the end of political life
the difficulty of reconciling christian faith with political life is as old as christianity itself. perhaps the most explicit qu...
Ken Craycraft
Faith, redemption and the return of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
the red hot chili peppers have returned with a vengeance, releasing their second album of the year. the story of the chili peppers has not b...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Church needs encyclical to counter gender ideology, says Dutch cardinal
a dutch cardinal has asked pope francis for a papal encyclical to combat the false anthropology at the heart of the ideology of gender. card...
Simon Caldwell
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