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Advent and the 'Great Paradigm Shift'
there is an old story told about the dilemma of a monkey reaching down through the narrow neck of a glass jar to grab the alluring beads con...
Gavin Ashenden
UK must prioritise persecuted Christians and religious minorities for taxpayer-funded aid, says Catholic charity
imagine the scene: one summer’s evening, a young mother’s peace is shattered when her brother bursts in, pursued by an angry mob. accusing t...
John Pontifex
Pilgrims progress to Santiago
our tabard inn was la rosa negra café. not exactly a 14th-century inn on the thames in southwark, but a neighbourhood bar in vigo serving al...
William Cash
France becomes first country in world to make abortion a constitutional right
france has chosen to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right, thereby becoming the only country in the world to use its most fundamental...
The Catholic Herald
St Mary’s Ascot deals with first teachers' strike in school's 139-year history
teachers at the prestigious catholic all-girls boarding school st mary’s ascot are reportedly taking strike action for the first time in the...
The Catholic Herald
Pray for England: A modest proposal
a recent survey showed that about half of the population in england had no religious faith at all. even many of those who claimed to be chri...
anenglishlayman
Liam Neeson will narrate Advent reflections inspired by C.S Lewis on Catholic prayer app
veteran actor liam neeson will narrate a series of advent reflections on a catholic prayer and meditation app, it has been announced. neeson...
Tom Colsy
US Catholic Leaders Survey 2024: Sports and entertainment
simone biles olympic gymnast simone biles, 26, and a resident of texas, having won 25 world championship medals, is considered by many to be...
James MacGuire and William Cash
HM Queen Elizabeth II
the death of queen elizabeth ii will surely be measured in superlatives. the length of her reign, the affection in which she was held, and t...
The Catholic Herald
The touching absurdity of beliefs
accidental gods: on men unwittingly turned divine anna della subin granta, £20, 462 pages in rudyard kipling’s short story the man who would...
Alexander Larman
Keeping the faith with Aid to the Church in Need
i had already tried my hand at bible smuggling behind the iron curtain into moscow and leningrad when the call came from aid to the church i...
Gavin Ashenden
UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Introduction
once again, our editorial team and advisory board have got together to produce the herald’s annual uk catholic leaders of today special repo...
The Catholic Herald
The recognisably Catholic costumes and rites at the Coronation
so: the coronation. not quite everything that one might have liked in an ideal world – obviously not nearly enough ermine – but certainly no...
Serenhedd James
Pope Francis gives red hat to Archbishop Arthur Roche
pope francis said on sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including arthur roche, the former bishop of leeds, at a consistory on aug...
CNA Staff
New 'queer' carol: Cardinal Nichols expresses concern
you might think that christmas could be nothing but christian, but that would be to underestimate not only the dulling numbing of secular ho...
Gavin Ashenden
FEATURE: Discovering the lesser known corners of Catholic England
i have long been collecting the macmillan highways and byways series, published between 1898 and 1948. each book covers a different area of ...
Fr Nicholas Schofield
Defenders of the Faith: The British Monarchy, Religion and the Next Coronation
catherine pepinster hodder and stoughton, £25, 352 pages on october 11, 1521 leo x con- ferred the title fidei defensor on henry viii for hi...
William Davage
CPS rejects charges against Catholic arrested for 'thought crime' prayers
prosecutors have dismissed charges against a catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion facility. isabel vaughan...
Simon Caldwell
Unchecked terrorism has plunged Nigeria into 'worst phase' of country's history, says bishop
yaoundé, cameroon – nigerian bishop matthew hassan kukah has severely criticised the government for failing to act decisively to stop terror...
Ngala Chimtom
Half of the world's population live in countries with religious persecution, says report
more than half of the global population lives in a country in which people are persecuted for their religious beliefs, according to the 2023...
CNA Staff
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