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Men suffer from abortion too
back in 1975, before fr stephen imbarrato became a catholic priest and pro-life activist, he got his girlfriend pregnant and was, in hi...
James Jeffrey
A lesson in ageing
we live in a culture that idealises youth and marginalises the old. and, as the psychologist james hillman says, the old don’t let go e...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
I'm thankful for the sacrament that Luther and Calvin rejected
my mother received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick last sunday. i was away when she was anointed but her carers were there and th...
Melanie McDonagh
Heretic of the week: Ralph Waldo Emerson
ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) is considered to be one of the greatest writers the united states has ever produced. generations of schoolch...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0608
cryptic across 5 licentious nature of the monasteries in the 16th century? (11) 7 dairy produce one finds in buffet area (4) 8 dig in about ...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, september 1: 22nd sunday in ordinary time sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; ps 68; heb 12:18-19,...
The Catholic Herald
How to… get to know St Augustine
the thinking of st augustine of hippo, a doctor of the church, is so influential, says pope benedict xvi, that he continues to leave a “deep...
The Catholic Herald
The many blessings of a mini-pilgrimage
over the summer many catholics will have made their way to pilgrimage sites all over the world. pilgrimage is as important as ever, with the...
Fr Matthew Pittam
Committees won't solve the crisis of Eucharistic faith
recently the pew research center released a study with alarming implications. it showed that some 7 out of 10 american catholics who at...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Humility is the path to glory
the 22nd sunday of the year eccl 3:17-20; heb 12:18-19 & 22-24; lk 14:1, 7-14 (year c) ‘my son, be gentle in carrying out your busi...
Bishop David McGough
'C'est stupide!': The gruelling cycle race through France's battlefields
riding in the zone rouge by tom isitt weidenfeld and nicolson, 302pp, £20/$24.50 within six months of the end of the first world war, a fren...
Simon Caldwell
Jerusalem's archives: a tantalising glimpse of a lost world
jerusalem: city of the book by merav mack and benjamin balint yale, 272pp, £20/$30 is there anything new that can be said about jerusalem, t...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
A fascinating study of Spain that fails to do the Church justice
after the fall by tobias buck weidenfeld and nicolson, 320pp, £20/$24.50 last month, spanish political parties failed, yet again, to come to...
Filipe D'Avillez
How Woodstock ended in a trash-strewn quagmire
woodstock: three days that defined a generation (bbc iplayer/amazon prime/pbs) offers a somewhat unexpected picture of the 1969 rock festiva...
Carl Curtis
The strange decline of Catholic hymns
when pope honorius crowned the fourth lateran council (1215) by proclaiming the new feast of corpus christi – a triduum of joy from the thur...
Anthony Esolen
Letters: The best argument for large families
the best argument for large families sir – it is always encouraging to see colin brazier waxing lyrical and logical in defence of larger fam...
The Catholic Herald
Europe's radiant royals are helping preserve family values
royal history is often entwined with stories of scandals, illicit lovers, royal mistresses and infants born out of wedlock. (charles ii had ...
Mary Kenny
Fr Jubani survived jail and torture. But nothing prepared him for Hollywood
fr simon jubani (pronounced: “you-bonnie”) spent much of his adult life in solitary confinement in an albanian prison cell, where he was reg...
Tom Hoopes
First they came for Pell…
why do so many catholics refuse to believe that the australian cardinal george pell is guilty of child abuse? the cynical answer is “tribal ...
Tim Stanley
Rejoice! St Thérèse of Lisieux is visiting Scotland
it is 25 years since the relics of st thérèse of lisieux began touring the world. england and wales were honoured with their presence in 200...
Bishop Hugh Gilbert
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