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Letter from the Editor: Concerns over Synod and Conclave
the next two years are going to be as important for the church as the years of vatican ii in the 1960s, during which time the catholic heral...
William Cash
Top EU official challenges COVID worship ban in unprecedented religious freedom case
a top eu official and former special envoy for freedom of religion or belief has challenged the 2021 covid restrictions on public worship at...
Olenka Hamilton
Top Vatican correspondents join Catholic Herald amid collaboration with Crux
two of the world’s most respected vatican correspondents are to join the catholic herald as part of major deal uniting global gi...
Simon Caldwell
Henry III: A forgotten king
henry iii: reform, rebellion and civil war 1258-1272 david carpenter yale university press, £25, 576 pages henry iii (1207-1272)...
Alexander Faludy
'Careless words cost lives' - reflections on recent statements from the Pontifical Academy for Life
a number of news outlets have picked up the story that archbishop vincenzo paglia, president of the pontifical academy for life, has appeare...
David Albert Jones
Beauty in the eye of the beholder: The Ugly Duchess in the National Gallery
you know the feeling: you meet someone out of context, know you know them, but you can’t quite place who they are or where they’re from. i d...
Helen Robinson
Why the synod process will eventually fail
early this month, a colloquium was held at boston college called “the way forward: pope francis, vatican ii and synodality” . the gathering ...
Mark Lambert
UK crosses 'thought crimes' Rubicon after MPs outlaw prayer at abortion clinics
the house of commons has approved the uk’s first “thought crime” law after mps rejected a move to protect silent prayer in public places. in...
Simon Caldwell
The Lancet Commission: Considering death and its value
the ‘lancet commission on the value of death’ has much to commend it, says james le fanu. like many before me, i find myself at that stage o...
James Le Fanu
Podcast 34: Steve Ray's Personal Pilgrimage
this week dr gavin ashenden talks to steve ray, the acclaimed american author of crossing the tiber and upon this rock , among other titles,...
The Catholic Herald
Irish teacher sacked by school over use of pronouns for transgender pupil
it was announced on friday that irish schoolteacher, enoch burke, was sacked from his job at wilson hospital school, a private church of ire...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Star with royal beauty bright
before the 16th century, christians generally assumed that the star of bethlehem must have been some kind of astrological miracle. for insta...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
The astronomy and astrology of the star of Bethlehem
before the 16th century, christians generally assumed that the star of bethlehem must have been some kind of astrological miracle. for insta...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Podcast 29: In defence of ex-Anglicans with Dr Michael Nazir-Ali
monsignor michael nazir-ali, the former anglican bishop of rochester who became a catholic in 2021, joins dr gavin ashenden for this 29th ep...
Gavin Ashenden
The Immaculate Conception
among non-catholic christians, a common misunderstanding about the doctrine of the immaculate conception is that it is the doctrine that mar...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Synodality – an exercise in misreading St John Henry Newman and 'Lumen gentium'
one consequence of writing for the catholic herald on the synodal process is that it seems to make some people excitably angry. when socrate...
Gavin Ashenden
The Synodal Way offers nothing more than 'quasi-Marxist content in a spiritual comfort blanket'
ex-anglicans have seen these tricks played on the church before, writes gavin ashenden in a recent article in another catholic publication, ...
Gavin Ashenden
The enduring confusion of America’s 'Wall of Separation Between Church and State'
new research by pew shows that the us public is as conflicted about the relationship of religion to public life as it always has been, write...
Ken Craycraft
Review: 'My year with God' by Svend Brinkmann
my year with god is well-intentioned, but ultimately highlights the complacency at the heart of modern secular thinking, writes niall gooch ...
Niall Gooch
Review: 'Not Bread But Yeast' by Peter Philips and John Broadley
the late mgr michael williams concurred with ronald knox’s view that the study of history manifested the action of god in the world. such st...
Alan McClelland
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