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"More roast muskrat, Your Grace?" Fasting and abstinence comes in all shapes and sizes
in 1966 pope paul vi issued the apostolic constitution pænitemini , which rather radically changed the rules on fasting and abstinence...
Fr James Bradley
Priest brother of TV's Declan Donnelly dies after sudden brain haemorrhage
the priest brother tv presenter declan donnelly died from a suspected bleed on the brain, friends have said. fr dermott donnelly, 55, was ta...
Simon Caldwell
US President rejects Catholic teaching on IVF as bishops oppose state funding
new york – in a letter to senators, four american bishops’ conference chairmen argued that there is no scenario where in vitro fertilisation...
The Catholic Herald
'Promoting synodality': US and Japanese bishops call for end to nuclear weapons
the ruins of nagasaki cathedral after the destruction of the city by a nuclear bomb on 9 august 1945. getty images 78 years after the atomic...
John Lavenburg
Trump Impeachment Trial: Senate Acquits
former president donald j. trump's defense team after the second impeachment trial ended in acquittal on 13 february 2021 in washington, dc....
Priscilla Huff
King Alfred's nun-daughter – Æthelgifu: First Saxon Abbess, by Deborah M Jones
æthelgifu: first saxon abbess deborah m jones independently published, £7.99, 188 pages recent years have seen the royal women of anglo-saxo...
Francis Young
Archbishop admits to ‘a bit of fear’ at becoming cardinal at 99 years old
a priest for 74 years and an archbishop for half a century, archbishop angelo acerbi will become the oldest member of the college of cardina...
Thomas Edwards
London’s beloved Farm Street Church celebrating its 175th anniversary on 31 July
farm street church is putting on a special evening mass to celebrate both st ignatius day and the 175th anniversary of the church's opening ...
The Catholic Herald
Feast of Our Lady of Pompeii and anniversary of foundational stone laid at famous shrine
today is the feast of our lady of pompeii, one of the most recent titles bestowed on the virgin mary. may 8 also commemorates the anniversar...
James Jeffrey
One year later: How D.C. Catholic Charities is serving the most vulnerable during COVID-19
washington d.c., apr 5, 2021 / 07:00 am mt (cna).- a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced closures of businesses and sent the national...
Matt Hadro
St James's advice for when you pray and don't get what you ask for
"if anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all." (mark 9:35) a literal translation of sunday’s gospel offers a new ...
Fr David Howell
The Ecumenical Dog That Doesn't Bark
it’s the ecumenical dog that doesn’t bark. we need him to bark, but he rarely does, and then he's quickly shushed. it’s the matter of conver...
David Mills
The Lie of LGBTI Weakness. Corporate America Just Keeps Handing the Movement Money and Publicity
of course it was just another example of tokenism and hucksterism by a corporation seeking to align itself with a faddish cause célèbre. of ...
JGrabowski
Heaven, earth and harvest: Praise and thanksgiving in the cycle of rural life
as our international readers will know, the european summer was caricatured by certain news outlets as a pre-apocalyptic hellscape with soar...
Serenhedd James
Assisted suicide will hurt us all, says Leeds Bishop
the bishop of leeds has today urged the people of his diocese to ask their mps to vote against assisted suicide, warning that assisted suici...
Olenka Hamilton
Who trusts the trusts?: Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts run by CEOs could be a disaster waiting to happen
just before covid, the little old lady who lived next door to us sold her 3-bedroom house to a bulgarian couple who had plans to turn it int...
Katherine Bennett
CRS warns of 'unprecedented suffering' in Gaza if aid isn't allowed in immediately
new york – following an oct. 18 announcement from israel and president joe biden that humanitarian aid will be allowed into gaza from egypt,...
John Lavenburg
Why does Europe ignore the crimes committed against Christianity?
thirteen churches , basilicas and cathedrals across france were lit up in red on wednesday, a colour chosen to symbolise the blood shed by c...
Gavin Mortimer
Under attack from Brussels – could Hungary and Poland become a haven for conservative Europeans and Americans?
as europe comes under increasing energy and inflation pressures after covid and the war in ukraine, brussels is yet again piling pressure on...
The Catholic Herald
New AI app 'could be game changer for the Church'
rome – with rapid advances in artificial intelligence causing both fear and enthusiasm as it pushes the envelope of potential new frontiers ...
Elise Allen
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