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Synodality – an exercise in misreading St John Henry Newman and 'Lumen gentium'
one consequence of writing for the catholic herald on the synodal process is that it seems to make some people excitably angry. when socrate...
Gavin Ashenden
Growing extremism and intolerant nationalism are to blame for increased persecution of Christians, says new report by Catholic charity
john pontifex explores why acn's new report - persecuted and forgotten? a report on christians oppressed for their faith 2020-22 - should be...
John Pontifex
The clear Catholic overtones in Bob Dylan's most recent work suggest he may have joined the Church
karl gustel warnberg travels to bournemouth to watch bob dylan live in concert ever since his debut as a young musician, bob dylan has been ...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Pope Francis denounces populism
on sunday, pope francis ate lunch with hundreds of refugees and homeless people, calling for a renewed commitment to helping society’s weake...
Ignatius Dean
Welsh government's aggressive attack on childhood innocence
the battle against compulsory sex education for minors ought to be of major concern to all of us who care deeply about protecting the innoce...
Edmund Adamus
Cardinal Sarah gives our youth hope 'not by being nice, but by being faithful'
when i was 11 i started at a large co-ed secondary school in what lewis hamilton would later call the “slums” and spent the first few days t...
Katherine Bennett
Curtailing free speech is a civil rights issue
a serious and important measure was passed by the commons amid the psychodrama of liz truss’s unravelling premiership. it was an amendment t...
The Catholic Herald
How to Inhabit Advent with James K A Smith
catholics need to avoid ‘nowhen’ christian faith and practice. perhaps no season of the liturgical year is more intentionally focused on tim...
Ken Craycraft
'Synod', 'synod' and 'synodality': why we should be wary of poorly defined words
what do we mean by "synodal" or "synodality"? this is an important question as the church moves towards the conclusion of the synod on synod...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Former Vatican auditor sues Holy See for millions in damages
the first auditor general of the vatican and his deputy are suing the secretariat of state for $9.25 million in damages. libero milone and f...
CNA Staff
Suicide rates soar wherever euthanasia or assisted suicide are legalised, reveals study by Anscombe Centre
the numbers of people who commit suicide surge in countries which legalise euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, new research has revea...
Simon Caldwell
Fighting for the papacy
victorian crusaders: british and irish volunteers in the papal army, 1860-1870 by nicholas schofield helion & co, 223 pages, £29.95 if o...
Serenhedd James
Ron DeSantis: a different kind of Catholic President?
two big takeaways emerged from the us midterms. the first was that the democrats were not obliterated by a republican “red wave”. the second...
Ignatius Dean
Catholics loan St Chad's relic to Anglicans
(photograph of st chad's relic courtesy of the archdiocese of birmingham) the catholic church has presented anglican lichfield cathedral wit...
Simon Caldwell
The Synodal Way: 'Consulting with the people of God is different from coming under pressure from activists'
we must not put all our faith in structures, urges michael nazir-ali it is christ who makes the church, christ who renews the church, and ch...
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
Fr Sean Sheehy's homily was compassionate, not controversial
when father sean sheehy gave a homily against sin and explained the importance of forgiveness, all hell broke loose. that’s if you actually ...
Laura Perrins
Tributes paid to former Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti, dead at 88
(photograph by marcin mazur) catholics in scotland are mourning the death of emeritus archbishop mario conti of glasgow who has died after a...
Simon Caldwell
The US midterms illustrate the deep ambivalence of voters about what issues matter most
the just-completed midterm elections in the united states are a proxy for the deep ambivalence of american voters about what issues matter m...
Ken Craycraft
The Synodal Way offers nothing more than 'quasi-Marxist content in a spiritual comfort blanket'
ex-anglicans have seen these tricks played on the church before, writes gavin ashenden in a recent article in another catholic publication, ...
Gavin Ashenden
Obituary: Fr Ian Ker was a priest and scholar who opened up Newman’s thought to the world
fr ian turnbull ker, the leading scholar on the life and work of st john henry newman, died on 5 november. he was a brilliant writer and bio...
Paul Shrimpton
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