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while researching our schools supplement i spoke to a gentleman who, despite not being a catholic himself, had chosen to send his children t...
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The scent of humility
according to the 7th-century bishop and theologian isaac the syrian, a person who is genuinely humble gives off a certain scent that other p...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The icon bringing hope to the persecuted
many of us have become conditioned because of our history to think of christianity as essentially european. “europe is the faith and the fai...
Fr Benedict Kiely
Heretic of the week: Johannes Ronge
johannes ronge (1813-1887) was founder successively of the “new” or “german” catholics, and of several “free thought” groups. born during th...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0610
cryptic across 5 acts that define the proconsul of achaia? (6) 7 old imperial port old quack imbibed in booth (6) 9 numbers giant among obse...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, september 15 : 24th sunday in ordinary time ex 32:7-11, 13-14; ps 51; 1 tm 1:12-17; lk 15:1...
The Catholic Herald
How to … Become a cardinal
these days, the prospects of becoming a cardinal are no longer increased by being a nephew of a reigning pope or by belonging to an illustri...
The Catholic Herald
The man who was the English-speaking world's gateway to the popes
to the question, “how many people actually work in the vatican?”, pope john xxiii supposedly replied, “about half.” it has become part of ca...
Fr Dominic Allain
Don't treat God like a cosmic concierge
the collect for the 24th ordinary sunday is an ancient prayer found in the veronese sacramentary: respice nos, rerum omnium deus creator et ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
What true contrition really means
the 24th sunday of the year ex 32:7-11 & 13-14; 1 tim 1:12-17; lk 15:1-32 (year c) "the lord spoke to moses, ‘go down now because your p...
Bishop David McGough
Seeing Rome through the eyes of Oscar Wilde
great cities through travellers' eyes edited by peter furtado thames and hudson, 368pp, £19.99/$29.95 in this commendably ambitious book, th...
The Catholic Herald
What courageous Mexico can teach the Catholic world
understanding world christianity: mexico by todd hartch fortress, 268pp, £19.99/$29 the history of christianity in mexico is certainly event...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Does Holy Scripture really need 'rescuing'?
the lost art of scripture by karen armstrong bodley head, 560pp, £25/$29.95 karen armstrong is well known for her writings on comparative re...
Jack Carrigan
The audiobook revolution began in 1952
audiobook publishing is booming. last year publishers took in nearly a billion dollars, up 28 per cent from the previous one. the smartphone...
Deal Hudson
The composer who turned agony into golden harmonies
in the early 1980s, i was lucky enough to sing evensong four times a week with the chapel choir of jesus college, cambridge. it was always a...
Peter Davison
Letters: The sick must be anointed in good time
the sick must be anointed in good time sir – melanie mcdonagh’s mother (charterhouse, august 30) is blessed with a priest whose pastoral car...
The Catholic Herald
The abortion lobby's frightening new goal
prior to roe v wade, perhaps the most popular argument for legalising abortion was that women’s safety demanded avoiding the dreaded “back a...
The Catholic Herald
The Catholic conscience of a noir classic
it’s considered by some as the best film noir ever made – and it is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. the third man, starring orso...
Mary Kenny
Resisting the Nazis with Newman
who today knows the legacy of john henry newman on conscience better than benedict xvi? he lived through the horrors of nazi germany and saw...
Paul Shrimpton
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