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Bishop Barron expresses real outrage – and it's wonderful
letter to a suffering church by bishop robert barron word on fire catholic ministries, 57pp, 99p/$1.25 (kindle) a priest for 33 years and a ...
Fr Thomas Berg
A biblical guide for experts and novices alike
a history of the bible by john barton, allen lane 640pp, £25/$35 when i was a novice, one of my fellow novices encouraged me to read a book ...
Richard Ounsworth OP
Why dragons keep getting bigger
viewers who could see through the exceedingly murky final game of thrones season found a smorgasbord of smoldering fires, charred corpses, a...
Menachem Wecker
Letters & emails
do younger catholics rarely sin? sir – when i was about seven, i learned from my penny catechism that “purgatory is a place where souls suff...
The Catholic Herald
What preachers can learn from the European elections
i was once sent on a television coaching course in which a tutor in communications endeavoured to teach a group of us how to get our point a...
Mary Kenny
The Belfast boxing gym that made peace amid sectarianism
for most catholics living through the troubles, an invitation to a meeting with the leaders of the main loyalist paramilitary groups would h...
Will Gore
The statistic that shames Catholic politicians
if catholics were barred from public office, our politics might be greatly improved. such a harsh assessment would be unthinkable if catholi...
Matthew Schmitz
The 'great convent scandal' that transfixed Victorian England
one hundred and fifty years ago a legal case involving three nuns was front-page news in britain and ireland. the plaintiff was susanna mary...
Neil Addison
John Paul II and the Cold War's decisive moment
forty years ago the communists got what they wanted, and lived to rue the day. when archbishop karol wojtyła of kraków was elected pope john...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Vatican II was meant to be the laity's 'coming of age'. So what went wrong?
on october 11 1962, st john xxiii formally opened the second vatican council. its avowed purpose was, he told the thousands assembled in st ...
Stephen Bullivant
Diary: Brexit, Boris and an embarrassing house tour
on the bank holiday monday, as i gave a house tour, i knew what it felt like to stand in front of a congregation (of paying tea and tour “pu...
William Cash
Why Christians are dismayed by Modi's landslide victory
he looked out over the small garden in front of his church, somewhere in the sprawling city of new delhi. one could hear the noise of the bu...
Andreas Thonhauser
Was a dramatic police raid in the Diocese of Dallas really necessary?
earlier this month dozens of polices officers, some dressed in swat gear, descended on the office of the diocese of dallas. the police were ...
Jordan Bloom
Why bishops are alarmed by the state of UK prisons
now that theresa may is on her way out of downing street, it is inevitable that the country is going to hear much more from boris johnson on...
Simon Caldwell
There's more to the story of the electrician cardinal
earlier this month, two stories featured prominently in social media feeds for a news cycle or two. comparing them makes for an interesting ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World News: from Los Angeles to Lodwar
st paul, minnesota attorney seeks to sue holy see over abuse an attorney has announced that he is suing the holy see for documents relating ...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"a growing trend towards extreme individualism" pope francis on the trouble with wealthier societies message for world day of migrants and r...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Belgian abbey rediscovers medieval beer recipe
a belgian abbey has signed a deal to start brewing beer again – with the help of techniques which they stopped using two centuries ago. the ...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Tolkien, the two-income trap and liberalism
tolkien prediction that happily failed at the imaginative conservative, joseph pearce offered an apology to the creators of new film, tolkie...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Faith Movement, Romania and San Francisco
the faith movement is currently hosting a series of talks on the church. on tuesday june 4 christina read will speak on “healing as christ”....
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