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First impressions can be misleading. Just ask St Alexius
on the heights of rome’s aventine hill, between the basilica churches of sant’anselmo and santa sabina and near to the gated grounds of the ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The Good Samaritan reveals the meaning of baptism
fifteenth sunday of the year deut 30:10-14; col 1:15-20; lk 10:25-37 (year c) "christ jesus is the image of the unseen god and the firstborn...
Bishop David McGough
Marriage, lies and a mystical conversion
before and after by alison wilson constable, 192pp, £16.99/$25 from its cover photograph you might think this is an ordinary account of a wa...
Charlie Hegarty
Can anything halt the fragmentation of the West?
the demons of liberal democracy by adrian pabst polity, 160pp, £13/$19.95 throughout his new book, adrian pabst patrols the frontier where t...
Michael Duggan
An old-fashioned whodunit – without the class and wit
mystery fans will recall their favourite husband and wife teams: tommy and tuppence, lord peter and harriet, and, especially from film, nick...
Carl Curtis
Pride is the enemy of great art
and he said: let us make man to our image and likeness … and god created man to his own image: to the image of god he created him: male and ...
Joseph Pearce
Letters & emails
the newman cause’s forgotten heroes sir – the debt of gratitude owed to fr gregory winterton cong orat and mgr dr francis davis in thei...
The Catholic Herald
King Arthur changed the way I receive Communion
july 1 is the feast of the precious blood in the traditional calendar, and in certain privileged places and orders in the 1969 version. it i...
Charles Coulombe
The royal gossip we need
the christening of archie, the infant son of the duke and duchess of sussex, at windsor castle’s private chapel last weekend drew much specu...
Mary Kenny
How the Israel Folau case is dividing Australia – and the Church
not a day passes in australia without hearing the latest in the saga of israel folau, the sporting superstar sacked by rugby australia (ra) ...
Natasha Marsh
It's no accident that California attacked the sacrament of forgiveness
the president of the united states has never asked god for forgiveness . our social media mobs never grant it. america seems to have given u...
Matthew Schmitz
The harsh truth about Iraqi Christianity
the international union for the conservation of nature has several categories to define the danger of extinction that various species face t...
Fr Benedict Kiely
Putin's unlikely friend
one of the marvels of the current parade of curious and dubious figures on the world stage is that american president donald trump is accuse...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Diary: Hunting for headless martyrs in Paris
my first visit to paris, when i was 17, was with my school, st clare’s hall. our group included a dozen french students and four very rowdy ...
Cristina Odone
Pope sends mixed message to divided German Church
in march, cardinal reinhard marx announced that the german bishops had agreed to embark on a “binding synodal process” that would address th...
Anian Christoph Wimmer
Why don't Catholics listen to bishops on immigration?
pope francis and donald trump make little effort to conceal their disagreements. during the 2016 us presidential election, francis suggested...
Michael Warren Davis
Is the Peace Cross ruling a turning point for religious freedom?
in june the supreme court ruled that a 40ft war memorial cross on public land in suburban maryland did not violate the constitution. but in ...
Kevin Daley
Why Pope Francis swiftly approved Fulton Sheen's beatification
the big news from the congregation for the causes of saints this past week was, of course, that pope francis has approved a miracle attribut...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Manaus to Mutemwa
wheeling, west virginia bishop bransfield warnings missed church leaders missed warnings about the alleged financial misconduct of bishop mi...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"amid situations of tragedy and despair, the first concern of the church is not only to alleviate ... physical ills ... eternal salvation" p...
Staff writers
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