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Johnson-Symonds and the changing face of British anti-Catholicism
i wasn’t going to wade into the boris johnson wedding hullabaloo until i watched “have i got news for you” on friday night. the prime minist...
Charles Collins
A work whose wings are clipped by prejudice
birds and us: a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation by tim birkhead viking 2022, £25, 441 pages our relationship with birds h...
John McEwen
Suicide rates soar wherever euthanasia or assisted suicide are legalised, reveals study by Anscombe Centre
the numbers of people who commit suicide surge in countries which legalise euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, new research has revea...
Simon Caldwell
Tributes pour in for Cardinal O’Malley along with warm words for new Archbishop of Boston
when asked by a reporter to consider his legacy in the archdiocese of boston following the news of his retirement, cardinal seán o’malley ga...
johnlavenburg
Vatican cricket team begins ‘Light of Faith’ UK tour
the vatican cricket team has begun its "light of faith" uk tour, playing two matches over the weekend in buckinghamshire. on 28 june, the va...
The Catholic Herald
The return to 'Satanic panic': Canada's grief for mass murders never committed
on may 27, 2021, chief rosanne casimir of the tk’emlúps te secwépemc first nation announced that ground penetrating radar (gpr) technology h...
Anna Farrow
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown, by Alexander Larman
the windsors at war: the nazi threat to the crown alexander larman weidenfeld & nicholson, £25.99, 432 pages when the king and queen ret...
Alexandra Lloyd
The modern Advent calendar and our descent into vice
every time a journalist phones me i remind myself of oscar wilde’s warning, “the difference between literature and journalism is that j...
Gavin Ashenden
The truth about the Enoch Burke case
the story of an irish teacher being jailed for refusing to comply with a request from his school to refer to a girl using the pronoun ‘they’...
Dualta Roughneen
Vatican has unique role to play in tempering Iran
rome – as the war between israel and hamas intensifies on the gaza strip, so too does diplomatic activity intended to prevent a wider region...
John L Allen
Keeping the fast and keeping the feast
kate ford presents some fasting food for advent, sam marsden looks forward to christmas fare, and cornelia van der poll embarks on her own o...
The Catholic Herald
Former Labour PM Gordon Brown urges MPs to throw out assisted suicide Bill
gordon brown, the former labour prime minister, has come out strongly against assisted suicide just a week before a crucial vote in the hous...
Simon Caldwell
Cardinal McElroy snubs Trump, but chats with Biden
moments after stating that he has no current plans to meet with president donald trump, emphasising what he stressed is the intrinsically pa...
johnlavenburg
The Catholic case for exploring the Deep
the bad news emerged on thursday. wreckage was found, two miles down in the atlantic ocean, close to the wreck of the titanic , which all bu...
Niall Gooch
Cardinal Zen convicted: when will Rome speak up for him?
on friday cardinal joseph zen was found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded humanitarian fund which paid medical and le...
Mark Lambert
Obituary: Michael Ancram, 1945-2024
born on 7 july 1945, the 13th marquess of lothian (previously better known as michael ancram) was educated by the benedictines at ampleforth...
The Catholic Herald
Distribution of ‘puberty blockers’ to children halted by NHS England amid increasing political and theological pushback
it has been announced that so-called “gender identity clinics” run by nhs england will no longer be permitted to prescribe the drugs known a...
Johannes McLaren
Bridge over troubled waters: Joe Biden and Catholicism in the US
joe biden and catholicism in the united states massimo faggioli, £18.99, 176 pages, bayard ________ on paper, it looks like a takeover: not ...
Theo Hobson
Letter from the Editor: Keeping our souls and churches in good (and sacred) order
is nothing sacred? at the catholic herald we have argued in our articles that the church of england has crossed such a line in allowin...
William Cash
Walking Together, But ... Where?
when ireland’s bishops met last week for their spring meeting – virtually, due to the covid-19 pandemic – the big announcement was that the ...
Charles Collins
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