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The need for a Catholic medical school in Britain is greater than ever
st mary’s university, twickenham, recently celebrated the 175th anniversary of its foundation in 1850. in our first century or so, which inc...
ProfAnthonyMcClaran
Rescusants revisited
an aristocratic catholic friend once told me that his father would refer to a co-religionist landowner as “cousin x”, despite the family con...
Jeremy Musson
Pope and circumstance
on saturday 8 october, the parliament choir have been invited to perform elgar’s the dream of gerontius in san paolo fuori le mura, the papa...
Lord German
Catholics need to know fight for unborn is shifting ‘ominously’ into international law as UN scolds Poland
catholics encountering efforts by pressure groups to normalise and extend abortion are increasingly not only standing up publicly for what i...
Prof Andrew Tettenborn
Cardinal Sarah denounces 'atheistic' Western bishops who prefer the world to the cross
yaoundé, cameroon – guinean cardinal robert sarah has accused western bishops of worldliness and of succumbing to the temptation of “practic...
The Catholic Herald
The Holy Family's plight reminds us not to ignore Sudan this Advent
the season of advent offers us not only a time to prepare for the celebration of the birth of christ but also a moment for deep reflection. ...
Bishop Paul Swarbrick
The Pope’s faustian pact
while pope francis last week repeated his previous warning about a global conflict, he should perhaps be more concerned about his own fausti...
The Catholic Herald
All Ireland that Froze for Want of Europe
irish novelist francis macmanus (c), with irish writer, broadcaster and abbey theatre director, robert farren (r) at the palace bar in...
Michael Duggan
REVIEW – Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond, by Alice Roberts
crypt: life, death and disease in the middle ages and beyond alice roberts simon & schuster, £22, 352 pages alice roberts’s new book is ...
Hannah Glickstein
Pope responds to cardinals' dubia, says 'maybe' to blessing some same-sex unions, ‘no’ on women priests
rome – responding to a group of five cardinals who posed critical questions about his upcoming synod of bishops on synodality, pope francis ...
Elise Allen
Canada's hellish euthanasia laws
does life have no value anymore? asks simon caldwell for a language which to the english ear occasionally sounds guttural, german also conta...
Simon Caldwell
Catholic Herald Institute hosts inaugural symposium to examine recent Synod in Rome
the catholic herald institute hosted its inaugural symposium “the synod: the room where it happened and what happens next?” in new york’s sh...
The Catholic Herald
Venezuela bishops demand government come clean about election results
são paulo, brazil – amid widspread claims of fraud surrounding elections in july that supposedly ended in the narrow reelection of president...
EduardoCamposLima
Diary: Memories of Christmas down the years and across the seas
it was when i first saw uncle john harman’s black trousers protruding under father christmas’s scarlet robe that my world changed. up till t...
Antonia Fraser
People need to know the Church is not anti-science
(photo: robert a. millikan, fr georges lemaitre sj and albert einstein at california institute of technology, january 1933) in the november ...
Edmund Adamus
Bishop rebukes Irish president for blaming Islamist massacre on climate change
attributing violence against nigeria’s christians to climate change is “incorrect and far-fetched,” according to the bishop of a diocese whe...
CNA Staff
The Catholic soul of Middle Earth
jrr tolkien has had some unexpected admirers – joni mitchell, iris murdoch, terry pratchett and wh auden – and to their number is now added ...
Gertrude Clarke
Getting to grips with God
god: an anatomy by francesca stavrakopoulou picador, £25, 608 pages ________ ‘my god, my god, thou art a direct god,” john donne wrote, “may...
Jack Miles
How will Pope Francis mark this year's significant anniversaries?
pope francis will face many challenges in 2023 – but it’s a year that also happens to be filled with significant anniversaries, including th...
Diana Montagna
The unknown and unloved blonde
i distinctly remember when i first heard of marilyn monroe. i was 10 years old and watching a friend perform “diamonds are a girl’s best fri...
Flora Neville
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