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Ethiopia's churches are being targeted – and no one is quite sure why
an outbreak of violence in ethiopia at the end of october has manifested a worrying new trend in one of the world’s most religious countries...
James Jeffrey
Moscow is failing to quell support for the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine
in december last year, patriarch bartholomew i of constantinople recognised an autocephalous orthodox church in ukraine. in doing so, he ris...
Fr Mark Drew
Does Marco Rubio's 'common good capitalism' go far enough?
marco rubio is changing for the better. the man who read atlas shrugged twice in his first state legislative term is now quoting leo xiii in...
Jordan Bloom
Cardinal Nichols at IICSA: A defence of Confession - and an unsettling rift
an earlier version of this article noted that fr gerard doyle had been asked by his superior to inform fr samuel penney that he was about to...
Simon Caldwell
The US bishops' conference rejects a 'myth' about resistance
the us bishops are making their ad limina visits this month, the pilgrimages bishops must make every five years “to the threshold of the apo...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Santiago to Salford
washington, dc rubio calls for ‘common good capitalism’ one of the us’s best-known catholic politicians has called for a new economic model ...
Staff writers
Quotes of the week
"we’ve got so much to thank god for … we’re so clever we could blow each other up … we don't love one another … our lord jesus said he’ll be...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Dawkins backs religion?
would morality collapse if people stopped believing in god? today even bishops hesitate to suggest such a thing publicly, but the world’s be...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Fall of communism, individualism, an answered prayer
the vital role churches played in 1989 in the church times, anglican clergyman alexander faludy said the contribution of churches to the eve...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Pope's Far-East trip, Holodomor anniversary, lecture on anti-Catholic prejudice
pope francis’s trip to thailand and japan begins on tuesday november 19, when he flies from rome to bangkok. the visit will begin with a wel...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Radio station shares 'new Akita message'
what happened? a us radio station has claimed to have received a new message from the convent of sister agnes sasagawa of akita, a ja...
Staff writers
The big story: Former Irish president denounces child baptism
what happened? mary mcaleese , the former president of the irish republic, has criticised the church for ‘imposing’ the sacrament of ...
Staff writers
William Oddie's lasting legacy
william oddie, who died last week aged 80, may not have been the longest-serving editor of the catholic herald, but he was one of the most i...
Luke Coppen
November 15, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Ignoring Church law on Communion is sheer cruelty
the decision to refuse to admit pro-abortion politicians to holy communion is not just based on a centuries-old discipline of the church. it...
The Catholic Herald
Faith and dying
we tend to nurse a certain naïveté about what faith means in the face of death. the common notion among us christians is that if someone has...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
What I found helpful about ‘mindfulness’
my only experience of buddhism was during a visit to bhutan years ago, to visit a friend who was doing voluntary work there. we travelled th...
Melanie McDonagh
Heretic of the week: Henry James Prince
henry james prince (1811-1899) became a doctor in 1832; five years later he gave up medicine due to his own ill health and entered an anglic...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0618
cryptic across 3 seals herman made for old king (11) 7 old anatolian capital african politicians promoted over a year (6)  ...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, november 10: the 32nd sunday in ordinary time 2 mc 7:1-2, 9-14; ps 17; 2 th...
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