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Has Pope Leo blotted his copybook over ‘Cupichgate’ and his equivalency on abortion?
Pope Leo was asked about Cardinal Cupich’s award to the pro-abortionist Senator Dick Durbin. He then used the 'seamless garment' approach to Catholic ethics to link together abortion, immigration and the death penalty
Gavin Ashenden
New biography of James VI and I unpicks his attitude to Catholicism
A handsome table clock made for the first King of Great Britain and of Ireland had on its sides images of the four Evangelists, but hidden on its base an engraving of James and his sons holding the Pope’s nose to a grindstone
Fr John Morrill
Eamon Duffy reflects on Newman’s impending elevation
pope leo is soon to declare st john henry newman a doctor of the church: one of the great theologians whose writings have been formally reco...
Eamon Duffy
The battle for optics and the power of publicity.
the left is good at optics. the trads are not. the progressives—much more at home in the political than the spiritual—are excellent at spin ...
Gavin Ashenden
Catholic influencers react to Voice of Reason apology
The Catholic internet world has once again found itself divided after Alex Jurado, better known by his online moniker The Voice of Reason, admitted to serious moral failings, including inappropriate online relationships with women
The Catholic Herald
Bishops intervene over Toulouse convicted rapist chancellor appointment
france’s bishops have intervened in a growing scandal over the appointment of a convicted rapist to a senior diocesan post in toulouse. on 1...
The Catholic Herald
The Tridentine Mass as an antidote to informality
one of the highlights of the ecclesial summer is the pilgrimage from paris to chartres. this year, many of my friends and colleagues set out...
Gavin Ashenden
Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson and the theology of death cults
what we believe about the existence of good and evil – but perhaps especially evil – shapes the map of the world we hold in our heads. conve...
Gavin Ashenden
Europe’s bishops hope US-born Pope can break through Trump's anti-EU bias
several leading european bishops that represent catholic interests in the european union have stated that a significant concern for them tha...
Elise Allen
Alasdair MacIntyre, titan of philosophy and Catholic convert, dies at 96
alasdair macintyre, a towering figure in moral philosophy and a catholic convert, has died at the age of 96 years old. credited with revivin...
The Catholic Herald
Popes understand the weaknesses of democracy more than politicians
in 1995, st john paul ii wrote, in his encyclical evangelium vitæ , that “without an objective moral grounding, not even democracy is capabl...
Niall Gooch
Once again our Pope wrestles with 'Americanism' and the 'subversion of primary truths'
“there is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the roman catholic church." so ...
Anthony McCarthy
VIDEO: A new papacy of appeasement or resistance? Gavin Ashenden discusses
in an interview today with julia hartley-brewer on the "talk" tv show, catholic herald columnist and associate editor gavin ashenden discuss...
The Catholic Herald
‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the diplomat who braved Baghdad
each day between now and the may 7 conclave to elect a successor to pope francis, john allen is offering a profile of a different papa...
John L Allen
Is Cardinal Sarah the man to save the Church as the next pope?
there are moments in history that act as defining dates determining and reflecting the change of direction in world affairs. we think of 178...
Gavin Ashenden
Trump’s tariffs are a beacon of Catholic social teaching
the moment a nation's debt exceeds its gdp, the economic situation moves into banana-republic territory. this ought to cause deep alarm—but ...
Gavin Ashenden
The implications of presuming human 'innocence': Rousseau and wickedness
jordan peterson made a helpful contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of the exchange of ideas, when he observed that, in the cas...
Gavin Ashenden
Pope sends his US Medal of Freedom to Buenos Aires
pope francis has sent the presidential medal of freedom he was awarded by former president joe biden to buenos aires cathedral. awarded to t...
EduardoCamposLima
Catholic charity puts its case to US Supreme Court in religious exemption dispute
a catholic charitable organisation in wisconsin has argued to the us supreme court that the denial of its religious exemption status by the ...
johnlavenburg
Wrestling with God – and Jordan Peterson taking on cosmic questions
we who wrestle with god: perceptions of the divine jordan b peterson portfolio, £30, 576 pages the idea of a faithful individual striving to...
Hannah Glickstein
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