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Emanuela Orlandi to be back in the spotlight in 2024
rome – if she’s somehow still alive, today would mark emanuela orlandi’s 56 th birthday. in the popular mind, however, especially here...
John L Allen
Advent: let's keep our eyes on the prize
advent: the time of arriving, the beginning of the church’s year, a season of preparation that concludes on christmas eve. pope francis tell...
The Catholic Herald
Diary: I am a poor wayfaring brother
since 2000, when i turned 60, i have lived at the hospital of st cross, a medieval almshouse in winchester. it was founded about 1132 by wil...
Bevis Hillier
Heart over head: Engaging with the Catechism, one paragraph at a time
it’s not that i’m jealous of fr mike schmitz and his success in producing an app that takes you through the catechism in one year – and whic...
Gavin Ashenden
Picasso was inspired by his lovers - and by religion
a life of picasso, volume iv: the minotaur years , 1933-1943 by john richardson jonathan cape, £35, 368 pages john richardson di...
Fram Dinshaw
The abdicant generation
many of us find it less inconvenient to be on our own, without the responsibility of commitment. the other day, i was walking across london’...
Ferdie Rous
Should Pope Francis excommunicate President Ortega?
the arrest of a senior bishop and leading opposition voice in nicaragua brings the situation within the country to crisis point, now demandi...
The Catholic Herald
Cardinal McElroy, staunch Trump critic, installed as Archbishop of Washington
cardinal robert mcelroy has officially become archbishop of the archdiocese of washington. it means an outspoken liberal within the church a...
The Catholic Herald
Developing struggles surrounding the Christians in the Holy Land
fr peter vasko ofm, president of the franciscan foundation for the holy land, discusses the struggles facing christians. the christmas seaso...
Thomas Edwards
British Museum's Nero exhibit is 'hair-flattening' take on infamous figure
cover image: publicity for the british museum's nero: the man behind the myth exhibit, 27 may - 24 october 2021 (image formatted to fi...
Lucien de Guise
Family and the Domestic Church
in 2007 pope benedict xvi said, “every home is called to become a ‘domestic church’ in which family life is completely centred on the lordsh...
Laura Perrins
'I felt out of place praying at the tomb of a saint': A pilgrim finds Durham Cathedral inhospitable as it prepares for a pop concert
i have always been fascinated with british history. as a child, the monarchs, the anglo-saxons, the vikings, celts and romans all intrigued ...
Thomas Casemore
Abuse scandals and why I will never abandon the Church
as the catholic herald reported yesterday, catholics face another test of faith as news of another suspected sex abuse scandal involving our...
Laura Perrins
Holy Land conflict: good news and bad news from Gaza
rome – for the tiny catholic community on the besieged gaza strip, the last few days have brought both good news and bad, with a couple of c...
The Catholic Herald
Archbishop's decision to bar Pelosi from Holy Communion is long overdue
archbishop salvatore cordileone of san francisco has finally announced that house speaker nancy pelosi should not be admitted to holy commun...
Laura Perrins
Vatican renews ‘secret’ accord with China on bishop appointments and extends to four-year period
the vatican and chinese authorities announced they have renewed a controversial agreement on episcopal appointments for a third time, while ...
Elise Allen
Controversial appointee to Vatican’s Academy for Life responds to her pro-life critics
rome – both the italian archbishop who heads the pontifical academy for life and an ango-italian economist who serves on it struck back at c...
Elise Allen
Former Vatican media star Fr Thomas Rosica accused of sexual assault; priestly faculties suspended
former vatican media personality father thomas rosica has been accused of sexually assaulting a priest in canada and consequently has had hi...
The Catholic Herald
Bread of Heaven: The forthcoming transition to John’s Gospel is full of meaning
this being year b of the sunday lectionary cycle, we will mostly be reading through st mark’s gospel; but only mostly, because it is the sho...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
The rich significance of Tolkien's classic
there is a strange contradiction that emerges whenever a large scale survey sets out to discover what book tops the list of the all-time bes...
Gavin Ashenden
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