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Liberalism as the great villain
whatever happened to tradition?: history, belonging and the future of the west by tim stanley bloomsbury, £20, 266 pages ________ in recent ...
Theo Hobson
Social unrest appeased in Colombia, but crisis goes on
in april, massive demonstrations exploded in cali and in several colombian cities. a combination of rising poverty, political dissatisfactio...
Eduardo Campos Lima
Prime Minister mourns sudden death of Catholic mother
the prime minister, boris johnson, is today mourning the death of his catholic mother who has passed away “suddenly and peacefully” in a lon...
Simon Caldwell
Church tries to mediate Colombian crisis despite huge challenges
after three months of continuous demonstrations against president iván duque’s administration, colombia does not seem to be any closer to a ...
Eduardo Campos Lima
Writing their way into history
writing history has never been a safe business. all histories have political implications and in britain, since the reformation, even appare...
Rosemary Hill
Holy fool of letters
a new biography of dh lawrence, burning man: the ascent of dh lawrence by frances wilson, is an opportunity to reflect not only on the life ...
Theo Hobson
What It Means to be On the Right
writing in 1940, the catholic herald columnist douglas jerrold describes his understanding of what it means to be on the political right. fo...
Lessons from the Archives
Cardinal Marx: Pope’s decision a ‘great challenge’
“in obedience, i accept decision, as i promised him,” said cardinal reinhard marx in a statement following the pope’s decision to reject his...
Staff Reporter
How McCarricks Happen
us cardinals (from l) justin francis rigali, adam joseph maida, edward michall egan, roger michael mahony, francis george, william henry kee...
Stephen Bullivant and Giovanni Radhitio Putra Sadewo
The Illiberal Project Will Fail
otto von habsburg, eldest son of karl i habsburg, meets pope john paul ii at the vatican, 04 october 2004. (pppl/afp via getty images)  ...
JamesDominicRooney
Honestly Intellectual
mary wollstonecraft would not have liked me. for one thing, she didn’t care much for catholics. as i describe in my new book, she made a dis...
Sylvana Tomaselli
The Young Woman Who Jumped Off the Bridge
french toast tastes like love and safety. a few weeks ago, my husband and i made a trip to our hometown for a funeral. we talked all th...
Leticia Ochoa Adams
Is this Pope Francis's 'Paul VI moment'?
after months of agitation around the amazonian synod, the holy father’s post-synodal apostolic exhortation querida amazonia was received wit...
C C Pecknold
What 'dignity' really means
what do we mean when we use the phrase “human dignity”? for instance, those who advocate “dignity in dying” generally mean something very di...
Francis Phillips
A twist in the Tafida story
the directors of the gaslini children’s hospital in genoa last week called a press conference about progress in the condition of one of thei...
Simon Caldwell
Herald Top 10: CC Pecknold: Why is JK Rowling being denounced? Because she said No to a lie
progressives are denouncing jk rowling this week, insisting that she has ruined harry potter in a single tweet. one can almost hear them cry...
C C Pecknold
Why is JK Rowling being denounced? Because she said No to a lie
progressives are denouncing jk rowling this week, insisting that she has ruined harry potter in a single tweet. one can almost hear them cry...
C C Pecknold
Mary Killen: Watching TV as a job is surprisingly tiring
i enjoyed the catholic herald’s carol service in st james’s, spanish place. my older friend anne and i were in a pew next to a handsome, pal...
The Catholic Herald
Continuing the hunt for a fabled GK Chesterton quote
over two years ago, i published a ch article about trying – and roundly failing – to verify g. k. chesterton’s famous answer to the question...
Stephen Bullivant
The post-Vatican II civil war
in his new book, the irony of modern catholic history (basic books £25 / $30), george weigel traces the root of debates at the recent amazon...
George Weigel
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