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Cardinal: Grenfell anger can be a force for good
cardinal vincent nichols has urged londoners to use their anger as a “force for good” in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the cardinal w...
Staff writers
Vietnamese Catholics terrorised by gangs
police have looked the other way as gangs of young people have terrorised a catholic community in north-east vietnam, according to reports. ...
Staff writers
Vatican sticks to script on Venezuela crisis
negotiations between government and opposition groups leading to free and fair elections are needed to put an end to violence in venezuela a...
Staff writers
Priests in mass revolt against bishop
at least 69 priests have resigned en masse after accusing their bishop of embezzling £78,000 ($100,000) of church funds for personal use, an...
Staff writers
In brief
francis to visit peru and chile in january pope francis will travel to chile and peru in january, the vatican has announced. it will be his ...
Staff Reporter
Do Christians face a new Test Act?
in 1673 james, duke of york, was forced to resign as lord high admiral. since james was in line to the throne, and would indeed become king ...
Dan Hitchens
Will Heaven: Seething? You should be
after a man-made disaster like the grenfell tower fire, the rush to judgment can be contagious. on the day of the fire, when acrid smoke fil...
Will Heaven
No mention of Catholic schools promise in Queen's Speech
The Conservatives had promised to abolish the 'unfair' admissions cap that effectively prevents the Church from opening new schools
Nick Hallett
A man beaten but unbowed
a growing crowd wants cardinal robert sarah’s head on a platter. open a liberal catholic periodical and you are likely to find a call for th...
Matthew Schmitz
The amazing promises of the Sacred Heart
the sacred heart of jesus symbolises god’s love for mankind. however, the love that god has for the human race is not symbolic, it is actual...
Fr Ignatius Harrison
When Canada led the way
in this year of looking back, many on both sides of the atlantic might think that there is nothing of great religious significance in the 15...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Science and faith: Lust and the case for nuance
‘adultery in the heart is committed not only because a man looks in a certain way at a woman who is not his wife but precisely because he is...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
What the cameras missed on election night
most television journalists, if they came to it via newspapers, retain a soft spot for print. it’s a purer medium, in that no part of the st...
Colin Brazier
‘There’s a culture of fear in England today’
when i spoke to jean vanier recently, i felt blessed. by chance, i was due to interview vanier, whom many consider a living saint for his wo...
Rachel Kelly
Mary Kenny: The CofE’s regiment of women
"the future is female" according to one feminist slogan. in the anglican church, it looks as though that is very much the case: there’s been...
Mary Kenny
Comments of the week
electing bishops is a catholic tradition sir – in your leading article on the dispute over the appointment of a new bishop of ahiara, nigeri...
The Catholic Herald
The forking paths of Tolkien and Housman
similarities between jrr tolkien and ae housman are not hard to spot. both were oxbridge dons. both were experts in ancient languages. and b...
Michael Duggan
Television: Love Island girls who just want a husband
love island (itv2, weekdays, 9pm) isn’t a reality show, it’s a wildlife documentary. take six horny girls, put them with six horny guys and ...
Tim Stanley
Film: Rom-com loses its way on Hampstead Heath
harry hallowes, who died two years ago aged 79, was an irishman who lived in a makeshift shack in a small corner of hampstead heath. he hole...
Will Gore
Music: How Britten brought the Dream to life
if you don’t love countertenors (and some don’t) the opening weekend of the aldeburgh festival wasn’t for you – because it was a celebration...
Michael White
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