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A fragile haven for Christians
aradin, kurdistan "isis isn’t the main reason why christians are leaving iraq now,” says elizabeth sana. “it’s lack of work.” she is the sup...
Bess Twiston-Davies
Embryos are people, too
‘if i can’t convince someone that abortion is wrong, how on earth am i going to get anywhere with embryo destruction?” that’s a question tha...
Clara Watson
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Ireland’s happy pro-life warriors
the stakes have never been higher when it comes to ireland’s abortion debate. media outlets constantly tell us that the battle lines have be...
Cora Sherlock
Rekindling the fire of God’s love
second week of advent can it be true? can the wolf live with the lamb, and the calf and the lion cub feed together? can the cow and the bear...
Mgr John Armitage
The next battlefront for religious freedom
one reason donald trump was able to put together a coalition big enough to get him elected as president was that there were so many single i...
Philip Booth
Mary Kenny: The Catholic with his eye on the Elysée Palace
my cousins in paris – where i’ve been spending a few days – have been very pleased by the emergence of françois fillon as the presidential c...
Mary Kenny
Comments of the Week
end this postcode lottery of annulments sir – not long after our marriage my husband wanted to “revert” to the church. i, as an anglican, wi...
The Catholic Herald
The power and glory of Eliot’s Little Gidding
across the fields from the a1, nine miles from huntingdon, is the isolated church of st john the evangelist, little gidding. ts eliot visite...
Peter Mullen
Fine art: Catch one last glimpse of medieval beauty
opus anglicanum v&a, london, until february 5 opus anglicanum is a showcase of the victoria & albert museum’s large collection of en...
David V Barrett
Ireland must not waste the huge opportunity which a papal visit would present
Ireland must avoid repeating the mistakes of St John Paul II's visit in 1979
Greg Daly
Television: An ingenious attempt to explain everything
adam curtis’s hypernormalisation (available on bbc iplayer) is an ingenious attempt to explain everything. from damascus to washington, via ...
Tim Stanley
Theatre: Even 39 children can’t upstage the rock slob
school of rock , andrew lloyd webber’s exuberant new musical at new london theatre, is based on the popular 2003 american musical-comedy mov...
Robert Tanitch
Music: The anti-Nazi opera for our times
if you were looking for an opera with a message for the times we live in, a good place to start would be karl amadeus hartmann’s simplicius ...
Michael White
The world’s last great letter-writer
dashing for the post: the letters of patrick leigh fermor edited by adam sisman, john murray, £30 the age of letter-writing is over. few now...
Michael Duggan
Briefly noted
peace on earth: the renaissance of christian humanism by edwin jones (resource publications, £18) . this enthusiastic book whistles a famili...
Staff writers
Pope Francis enjoys 'very cordial' meeting with Martin Scorsese in Vatican
The Oscar-winning director was in Rome for a screening of his new film, Silence, at a pontifical university
Associated Press
Word This Week
second sunday of advent is 11:1-10; rom 15: 4-9; mt 3:1-12 (year a) the outcomes of recent polls, both for the eu referendum and the america...
Bishop David McGough
Lectio Divina
matthew 3:1-12 1 at that time john the baptist came to the desert of judea and started preaching. 2 “turn away from your sins,” he said, “be...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Pastor Iuventus
ad te levavi animam meam; to you i have lifted up my soul. thus the words of the introit for the first sunday of the new liturgical year set...
Pastor Iuventus
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