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It's 1978 all over again
Time magazine reporting of 1978 now looks both quaint and prescient. Then, as now, everything hangs on the choice of the next pope
Damian Thompson
It’s 1978 all over again
i was on my way to morning assembly when my friend smith called out: “oy, thompson, did you hear that the pope’s dead?” i knew most boys cou...
Damian Thompson
Word this week
fourth sunday of easter acts 2:14 & 36-41; 1 pet 2:20-25; jn 10:1-10 (year a) the life that jesus had lived with his disciples before hi...
Bishop David McGough
Pictures of the week
1 cafod supporter eleanor margetts urges mps, including commons speaker john bercow, not to ignore the plight of the world’s poorest people ...
The Catholic Herald
Zambia's bishops: our country is becoming a dictatorship in all but name
Zambians live in fear because of police brutality, the bishops say
Catholic News Service
Pictures of the week
1 old amplefordians after reaching the final of the halford hewitt public schools’ golf tournament at royal cinque ports golf club in deal, ...
The Catholic Herald
Ousted Knights of Malta leader returns to Rome to vote in election
The Pope's delegate had earlier asked Fra' Matthew Festing, former Grand Master, to stay away from the ballot
Associated Press
Exclusive: Order of Malta projects distributed abortifacients, says leaked report
The 2016 report also said Malteser International's official policy was 'inconsistent with Church teaching'
Dan Hitchens
Be a people of light, not darkness, diocese urges Catholics after shooting spree
A lone gunman fatally shot three people close to a Catholic Charities office in Fresno, California
Catholic News Service
Smartphone industry is built on 'the blood of Congolese people', says priest
Anyone who uses modern technology benefits from bloodshed, says Congolese rector
Simon Caldwell
Pictures of the week
1 young people from the diocese of dunkeld carry the wyd cross with clergy at a national youth event at st mary’s monastery in kinnoull, per...
The Catholic Herald
Closed hearts are unable to rejoice in the Resurrection, says Pope
Christianity is about God's search for us, Francis said at his general audience
Catholic News Service
Filipino archbishop rebukes faithful who support Duterte's violent crackdown
Archbishop Villegas said it had become 'fashionable' to make priests 'the punching bags of public officials'
Catholic News Service
Theresa May seeks snap general election on June 8
The prime minister said political divisions 'risk our ability to make a success of Brexit'
Associated Press
Pictures of the week
1 archbishop bernard longley of birmingham celebrates mass for the intentions of residents and staff of st joseph’s hospice in hackney, east...
The Catholic Herald
Prize crossword 0486
cryptic across 7 levi’s product frenchman promoted, note not in a fast car right away (6) 8 vilest heresy, the contents of ot book (6) 9 spo...
Alun Evans
Russian astronaut who took relic into space says its journey is a 'miracle in itself'
The relic of St Serafim of Sarov had spent six months in space
Associated Press
Pope makes 13 appointments to Vatican Secretariat for Communications
Jesuit Father James Martin and Michael Warsaw, CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network, will join in an advisory capacity
Carol Glatz
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/04/17
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
Pictures of the week
1 franciscan friars of the renewal visit st george’s catholic primary school in sudbury, middlesex, during a parish mission. 2 students at l...
The Catholic Herald
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