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Terror will not polarise our communities, say faith leaders
Religious leaders including Cardinal Nichols signed an open letter in response to Westminster attack
Staff Reporter
The ferocious foe of Protestantism
John Guy's work entertains but fails to cohere as he treads the familiar ground of Thomas More's life
Jack Scarisbrick
Pope Francis: Open your heart to faith and God will do the rest
At his weekly general audience, the Pope told the faithful that hope is based on the word of God
Catholic News Service
A year to look backwards
The anniversaries of 2017 are a chance to ponder events that profoundly shape the world today
Fr Raymond de Souza
The appointment of an Anglican bishop for ethnic minorities is an idea worth copying
Embracing Christians from ethnic minority backgrounds provides an opportunity for learning
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Can Ireland rediscover its faith – as I did?
Irish society needs to look truthfully at the past it seems determined to bury. I am hopeful, but not especially optimistic for change in my lifetime
John Waters
Music: Playing the trans debate for laughs
music historians spend much time and effort trying to recapture the original experience of artworks that survive for us only as notes on pap...
Michael White
Pope Francis demands urgent action to protect civilians in Mosul
Francis said forces involved in the battle to drive ISIS from the city have an obligation to protect innocents
Associated Press
Film: The Lost City of Z
the true-life figure driving the transporting the lost city of z (15, 141 mins, ★★★★★ ) is percy fawcett (charlie hunnam), a jobbing british...
Mike McCahill
Comments of the week
get ready for the next wave of converts sir – i first had the privilege of meeting the present bishop of burnley, the rt rev philip north, 2...
The Catholic Herald
Francis: evangelisation isn’t about numbers
pope francis began a day trip to milan on saturday by visiting the poor and those who minister to them. he had lunch at the city’s historic ...
Staff writers
Why Ireland needs more Rome, not less
pope francis is due to visit ireland in august 2018. his trip will probably include a historic journey north of the border. but what he is l...
Jon Anderson
Mary Kenny: The unsettling moral of two funerals
two recent irish funerals observed: the first was that of cardinal desmond connell, archbishop of dublin, and the first dubliner to be given...
Mary Kenny
Lectio Divina
3 the sisters sent jesus a message: “lord, your dear friend is ill.” 4 when jesus heard it, he said, “the final result of this illness will ...
Mgr Anthony Abela
The big story of the past seven days
✣ pope gives landmark address to eu leaders what happened? pope francis addressed the leaders of the european union on the eve of the 60th a...
Staff writers
Saint of the Week: St Hugh of Grenoble (April 1)
son of an army officer st hugh of grenoble was born in châteauneuf-sur-isère in 1053, the son of an army officer. he was well liked because ...
Staff Reporter
Omnium Gatherum
with the fifth sunday of lent, we of the roman church enter into passiontide. since time immemorial it has been called 1st passion sunday. d...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online the lowdown on genuflection in church should you always genuflect when entering a catholic church? not nec...
Staff writers
Word This Week
fifth sunday of lent ez 37:12-14; rom 8: 8-11; jn 11:1-45 (year a) ‘i am going now to open your graves, my people, and lead you back to the ...
Bishop David McGough
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