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US criticised for not addressing mounting 'genocide’ against Christians during bloody ‘Islamisation’ of Nigeria
yaoundè, cameroon – with nigerians sounding alarms over what some describe as a mounting “genocide” against christians in africa’s most popu...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Rational enquiries: a Dominican friar meets a theoretical physicist
robert verrill op meets carlo rovelli, the italian theoretical physicist whose latest book latest book challenges monotheistic faith. it see...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Israel protests pope's language on Gaza, asks for 'unequivocal' condemnation of Hamas
rome – israel’s top diplomat has demanded that the vatican issue a “clear and unequivocal” condemnation of the terrorist attacks launched by...
Crux Staff
Letters to the Editor: Church's gravitational shift reflects its 'old footholds' getting too 'comfortable'
growth and hop e sir – it is true that the church’s traditional centre of gravity is shifting, as john allen noted in the june edition, but ...
Catholic Herald Readers
Our free will may seem obvious, but philosophers and scientists challenge it
it’s my decision – or is it? this month, i’ve decided to write about free will. i could have chosen to write about other topics, and if you ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Cardinal Marx: Pope’s decision a ‘great challenge’
“in obedience, i accept decision, as i promised him,” said cardinal reinhard marx in a statement following the pope’s decision to reject his...
Staff Reporter
US Catholics Prepare to Celebrate Religious Freedom Week
the bishops of the united states have chosen the theme “solidarity in freedom” as the focus of the 2021 religious freedom week. this year’s ...
Staff Reporter
Pope Francis cancels speech to rabbis due to ill health
pope francis on monday said he was too unwell to deliver a planned speech to a delegation of european rabbis. he maintained the rest of the ...
The Catholic Herald
Our hope in Mary’s Immaculate Heart
in a time of increasing isolation, conflicts and fragmentation - within society, and within the heart of man – what does the worl...
Anita Boniface
Dvořák’s spirit lives on: How the devoted Catholic composer mixed genuine piety with historical ambiguity
as a catholic composer, antonin dvořák could be surprisingly ambiguous. his patriotic and political allegiance to his bohemian homeland some...
Benjamin Ivry
Now is the Acceptable Time
if the 21 coptic martyrs of libya are "saints for all christians" -- as pope francis says -- then why not grant permission for their venerat...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
Songs of Praise: when it comes to prayer, the Psalms provide something for everyone
the idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. they have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see no...
Fra Max Rumney
EU bishops rally behind Ukraine after explosive Trump meeting
the bishops of the european union have rallied in support of the ukrainian people and have urged european institutions to do the same. their...
Elise Allen
Ukraine Catholic Church to stop using Russian-associated Julian calendar
the head of ukraine’s catholic church announced on monday a change to liturgical calendars this autumn that would see christmas celebrated o...
Staff Reporter
Parental role in a child's education ‘rightly’ affirmed by executive order, say US bishops
the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) has spoken out in favour of the recent presidential executive order that promotes p...
johnlavenburg
Clinging on in Ukraine: family, childhood and Catholicism
the country today often seems like the setting of a world war ii film with all the usual paradoxes, as the war enters its third year . cafés...
Jeffrey Wills
The Herald’s Guide to Retreats
ampleforth abbey ampleforth, yorkshire founded in 1802, ampleforth abbey is home to the largest benedictine community in the uk, who run a s...
Olenka Hamilton
Bishop Erik Varden: How my favourite book of the Bible – Ezekiel – prepares us for an encounter with the divine
in these times of consultations and questionnaires, we are constantly asked to reflect on our responses to things. our basic mode of underst...
Bishop Erik Varden
Use of AI in weaponry and war demands great care over 'accountability gap'
in his address to the 1978 united nations general assembly, pope john paul ii emphasised that “research and technology must always be at the...
BishopDeclanLang
Catholics must not be afraid to speak out against the Pill
as of next month women will be able to get the contraceptive pill for free from pharmacies in england without a gp’s approval. the heal...
Portia Berry-Kilby
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