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Melissa Villalobos: My encounter with 'the world we do not see'
this year showed that seven words saved two lives. in fact, one of the saved lives went on to give birth to two more people. thus, seven wor...
The Catholic Herald
Learning the faith can begin with little traditions
"why did you choose theology?” that’s usually one of the first questions i get in job interviews. over the last months of job hunting, i hav...
The Catholic Herald
I have one thing in common with Scrooge
it’s often said that the christmas we celebrate is the christmas brought to us by charles dickens, and most particularly, the ever-popular s...
Mary Kenny
A culture of 'openness' has bred dark fears and constant outrage
in early december i leapt across the pond for a short visit to the great capital city of england. even in inward-looking america we were awa...
R.R. Reno
Is Boris the best we can hope for?
what are christians to make of boris johnson and his spanking new majority? it depends, of course, on your politics. i know plenty of christ...
Tim Stanley
So what if the Nativity story is embellished?
apparently there is some scholarly debate over whether jesus was really born in a stable. close textual analysis, and careful study of the e...
Niall Gooch
Kerala's radiant Catholicism
last month, pope francis and i were airborne over asia together. in the air at the same time, but on different planes going in opposite dire...
Fr Raymond de Souza
'You couldn't help but be moved spiritually': Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce interviewed
in a variety of rooms, gardens and religious and historical sites in and around rome, two elderly men walk, talk, dispute and, eventually, u...
Gabrielle Donnelly
Mary Killen: Watching TV as a job is surprisingly tiring
i enjoyed the catholic herald’s carol service in st james’s, spanish place. my older friend anne and i were in a pew next to a handsome, pal...
The Catholic Herald
Why Iraq's Christians are toning down the festivities
the leader of iraq’s largest christian community has scrapped christmas parties, trees, receptions and other festivities “out of respect” fo...
John Pontifex
Australia's religious freedom bill still contains glaring omissions
the long-awaited second draft of the australian religious discrimination bill was released on december 11 after the first in august received...
Natasha Marsh
2019 was dominated by scandal – but there were glimmers of light
this has been a tough year for the us church. the abuse crisis has once again dominated the headlines. the year began with the dismissal fro...
Jordan Bloom
The Pope's Ignatian reflection on nativity scenes is well worth a read
if you have a little time this season, consider picking up and reading – really reading – pope francis’s apostolic letter admirabile signum,...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Buenos Aires to Bhopal
sacramento six california dioceses subpoenaed the office of california’s attorney general has informed six dioceses that they will be issued...
Staff writers
Meanwhile
if you get restless about the length of homilies, just be thankful it’s not worse. a new survey suggests that catholic priests give the brie...
Staff writers
The best of the web
a golden age for films about christianity we live in a golden age of films about religious belief, declared philip jenkins in the christian ...
Staff writers
The week ahead
midnight mass at st peter’s basilica will take place on december 24 at 9:15pm. celebrated by pope francis, it usually attracts a congregatio...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Vatican pro-life chief: I would hold hand in assisted suicide
what happened? the head of the vatican’s pro-life academy has said that he would hold the hand of someone who chose to die in an assisted su...
Staff writers
Big Story: 'Papabile' Cardinal Tagle given Vatican post
what happened? pope francis has appointed cardinal luis antonio tagle of manila to a senior post, in a move some observers see as an endorse...
Staff writers
Friendship with God was inconceivable until Christ's birth
it is often said that you cannot turn the clock back. in a sense, however, the church does just that in her liturgy, in which we are inserte...
Fr Julian Large
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