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The moral theory that failed – but is now back in fashion
you don’t have to be a catholic theologian, journalist or even that much of a church-watcher to understand that there has been a battle afoo...
Fr Thomas Berg
Liberty and religion are drifting apart
when alexis de tocqueville visited america in the 1830s, he was struck by how radically it differed from france. in his home country, the pa...
Matthew Schmitz
After Tafida, will courts finally listen to parents?
it must have come as quite a shock to the doctors in the tafida raqeeb case that a court was finally prepared to ignore their conviction tha...
Ann Widdecombe
Don't try to sugarcoat St John Henry
the canonisation of john henry newman was a glorious affair and, for this writer – the chaplain for newman house at queen’s university in ki...
Fr Raymond de Souza
'We have prayed for this': The day Rome rejoiced with Newman's converts
on the day of john henry newman’s funeral on august 19, 1890, more than 15,000 people took to the streets of birmingham to pay homage to him...
Simon Caldwell
Diary: St Peter's has become a cathedral of selfie-dom
i wasn’t able to attend the prayer vigil in the basilica di santa maria maggiore before the canonisation of john henry newman in rome as our...
William Cash
Meet the 'holy quartet' of women saints canonised with Newman
john henry newman’s extraordinary influence on the church – and well beyond it – ensured that his canonisation on october 13 received intern...
William Doino Jr
A new male order inspired by the Tyburn Nuns forges ahead
the newly formed tyburn monks order has formally begun its novitiate at a ceremony at tyburn convent, london. two colombian priests received...
Simon Caldwell
Should Catholics still back the European Convention on Human Rights?
catholics have often made common cause with the promoters of human rights. and with good reason: as leo xiii argued in rerum novarum (1891),...
Andrew Tettenborn
Priestly celibacy has dominated the first half of the synod
the first week of the special assembly of the synod of bishops for the amazon is in the books. by the time this edition reaches newsstands, ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from the Mexican border to Manila
washington, dc little sisters appeal against contraceptive mandate the little sisters of the poor have filed a petition with the supreme cou...
Staff writers
Quotes of the week
"we see so much ambiguity … it would seem many would promote it as a new mark of the catholic church: one, holy, catholic, apostolic and amb...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Lionel Ritchie at the Vatican
the amazon synod may end on october 27, but for those who can’t get enough of vatican events concerning the region, a christmas concert will...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Whistleblowing seminarians, incivility, confession for couples
priests and seminarians challenge the silence until recently, wrote michelle boorstein at washingtonpost.com, it was practically “unheard of...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Newman thanksgiving, St Faustina film, priestly playright
the celebrations of st john henry newman’s canonisation are not over yet. tonight at 7.30 there will be a mass of thanksgiving at the birmin...
Staff writers
The big story: John Henry Newman declared a saint
what happened? john henry newman has been declared the first non-martyr english saint since the 14th century. at a mass of canonisation in t...
Staff writers
Duterte's crisis is an opportunity for the Church
the drugs war in the philippines is a “sham”, a bishop declared last week in one of the strongest critiques by a churchman since the conflic...
The Catholic Herald
October 18, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Decorations are going up already. They'll lose their charm by Christmas
the general election is under way, which means ’tis the season of knocking on doors and invading the homes of strangers. of course we all he...
Ann Widdecombe
The arrival of refugees, old and new
the religious congregation to which i belong, the missionary oblates of mary immaculate, has had a long relationship with the indigenous peo...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
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