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World news: from Uruguay to Enugu
salt lake city bishop stands by priest after parents’ protest more than 150 parents have signed a petition calling for the removal of their ...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"we are hopeful that this is only a speedbump" dale ahlquist, president of the society of gilbert keith chesterton, on the decision not to p...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: golf and a 'Godincidence'
it’s known as one of britain’s most venerable cathedrals: the central site of england’s second-oldest diocese, the former seat of st john fi...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Cowardice, a late vocation, psychics
why courage can’t be put off till tomorrow at the irish rover, deion a kathawa argued that our “cultural sickness” is closely connected to t...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Assumption, Eucharist procession by boat, Sir James MacMillan
thursday, august 15 is the solemnity of the assumption – a celebration of our lady being taken up body and soul into heaven, and a holy day ...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Dutch Catholics braced for church closures
what happened? the netherlands is facing mass closures of churches, with the diocese of utrecht likely to lose five in six, a researcher has...
Staff writers
The big story: Bishop declines to open Chesterton Cause
what happened? the cause for gk chesterton’s canonisation will not be opened, bishop peter doyle of northampton has announced. bishop doyle ...
Staff writers
The decision not to open Chesterton's Cause could be providential
there will be no st gilbert of beaconsfield – at least for now. bishop peter doyle has decided not to proceed with gk chesterton’s cause for...
The Catholic Herald
August 9, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Grandiosity can lead to greatness
we wake up into life with the incurable sense that we’re special, that we’re the centre of the universe. and, subjectively, we are. in our a...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Despite the scandals, we must love the Church
we can still love the church. we must love the church. those who truly love the lord jesus will not fail to love the mystical body of which ...
The Catholic Herald
Heretic of the week: Maximilien Robespierre
most people think of robespierre (1758-1794) simply as a bloody-handed mass murderer. but there was another side to the master of the terror...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0604
cryptic across 1 why best arty type is in welsh university (11) 9 chap to come a cropper hiding west of ireland abbess (7) 10 charge around ...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, august 4 : 18th sunday in ordinary time ecc 1:2; 2:21-23; ps 90; col 3:1-5, 9-11; lk 12:13-21 mo...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Survive soporific sermons
the gospel carries tremendous power when preached with honesty and conviction. it can therefore be disappointing when a priest preaches...
The Catholic Herald
This summer, don't take a holiday from God
every summer i put a short announcement in my parish newsletter with the aim of encouraging parishioners to make the effort to find a church...
Fr Matthew Pittam
Before God, we are hope-filled beggars
the collect for the 18th ordinary sunday was not in any previous edition of the missale romanum. it is a grammatically simplified versi...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The futility of measuring our lives by what we own
the 18th sunday of the year eccl 1:2 & 2:21-23; col 3:11-5 & 9-11; lk 12:13-21 (year c) "make us know the shortness of our...
Bishop David McGough
We're doomed, so let's have a nice cup of tea
the selfish ape by nicholas p money reaktion books, 152pp, £14.99/$20 nicholas money’s new book, subtitled human nature and our path to exti...
Matt Thorne
The royal bully who retired to a monastery
emperor: a new life of charles v by geoffrey parker yale, 760pp, £25/$35 early 16th-century demographics can lead one to wonder how protesta...
James Baresel
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