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United States: The new critics
even loyal bishops and insiders are dismayed by apparent inaction on mccarrick to the surprise of many catholic commentators, cardinal timot...
Michael Warren Davis
Somalia: Hidden Christians
with the nation’s only church closed, the faithful must pray alone last year somalia’s only church was forced to close. st anthony of padua ...
Fredrick Nzwili
Diary: by Bishop Philip Egan
we arrived at the residenza madri pie, five minutes’ walk from st peter’s basilica, on sunday, in time for supper and an orientation session...
Bishop Philip Egan
Key figures in an era of ‘witch hysteria’
matthew hopkins hopkins became notorious in the 17th century as england’s most prolific witch-hunter. he grew up in suffolk, where his fathe...
Dominic Selwood
Pope Francis calls for a youth synod 'anointed by hope'
Pope Francis said hope 'shatters that conformism which says 'it’s always been done like this’'
Courtney Grogan/CNA
England’s Salem
witchcraft and magic have a strong hold over our collective imagination. these days, our interest is largely for entertainment, but four cen...
Dominic Selwood
Communism and the Wojtyła factor
participants in the synod of bishops which started this week in rome were appointed by various means. national bishops’ conferences elected ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
A complacent Church
i helped to oversee safeguarding in england and wales. i was left wondering if some bishops really ‘get it’ when pope francis wrote his rece...
Danny Sullivan
Don’t be fooled by China
sometimes we look at the people’s republic of china and think, “come on, they can’t be communist any more – half of them are overweight!” so...
Tim Stanley
My sister’s tips on tipping
is restaurant tipping a moral issue? for my late sister, ursula, it was. she was, i thought, a wild over-tipper, always adding 20 per cent t...
Mary Kenny
A pox on pews
this mostly protestant invention has little to do with our tradition and turns us into passive participants the queen consort of george v wa...
Fr George Rutler
Comments of the week
letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. email: letters@catholicherald.c...
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A secular saint who turned anguish into art
bonnie lander johnson on the strange 21st-century cult of fridolatry this summer we took our children to the frida kahlo exhibition at the v...
Bonnie Lander Johnson
Music: The fine-tuned purr of flawless a cappella
time flies. it seems like last week, but it’s actually been a year since simon rattle’s triumphant homecoming to take charge of the london s...
Michael White
Film: Did John Paul’s words help end the Troubles?
the contention of the documentary john paul ii in ireland: a plea for peace , written and directed by emmy award winner david naglieri, is t...
KV Turley
A radical plan for building Catholic communities
building the benedict option by leah libresco, ignatius press, 163pp, £13 the concept of authenticity has gained much cachet recently. in po...
Brandon McGinley
The aftermath of the Brazilian renaissance
brazil: a biography by lilia schwarcz and heloisa starling, allen lane, 761pp, £30 in a now famous book of 1928, manifesto antropófago , bra...
Ian Thomson
What the abortion lobby has done to feminism
the abolition of women by fiorella nash, ignatius press, 240pp, £14 if readers are mystified by fiorella nash’s title, her subtitle explains...
Charlie Hegarty
Word this week
the 27th sunday of the year gen 2:18-24; heb 2:9-11; mk 10:2-16 (year b) "the lord said, ‘it is not good that man should be alone. i will ma...
Bishop David McGough
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, october 7: the 27th sunday of the year gn 2:18-24; ps 128; heb 2:9-11; mk 10:2-16 monday, octob...
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