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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
How Argentina's crises have shaped the Pope's thinking
cry for argentina. further economic suffering is on its way, and that has implications for the catholic teaching on the economy under native...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Heretic of the week: William J Seymour
william j seymour (1870-1922) was born in franklin, louisiana, to a former slave couple. although baptised catholic in his home town’s assum...
Charles Coulombe
Don't try to sugarcoat St John Henry
the canonisation of john henry newman was a glorious affair and, for this writer – the chaplain for newman house at queen’s university in ki...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The growing worldwide threat to confessional secrecy
the australian state of victoria has passed a new mandatory reporting law, which does not respect the seal of the confessional. the bill had...
Christopher R. Altieri
Diary: The radio presenter who makes the early hours bearable
since the brexit vote i’ve found that lbc talk radio has everything that refugees from the bbc’s boring radio 4 today programme could want. ...
Andrew M Brown
Heretic of the week: Ralph Waldo Emerson
ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) is considered to be one of the greatest writers the united states has ever produced. generations of schoolch...
Charles Coulombe
First they came for Pell…
why do so many catholics refuse to believe that the australian cardinal george pell is guilty of child abuse? the cynical answer is “tribal ...
Tim Stanley
Meanwhile: Why Ann Widdecombe wasn't posted to Rome
in 2010, the former tory minister (and now catholic herald columnist) ann widdecombe was offered a new job: david cameron asked he...
Staff writers
Why don't Catholics listen to bishops on immigration?
pope francis and donald trump make little effort to conceal their disagreements. during the 2016 us presidential election, francis suggested...
Michael Warren Davis
Meritocracy has failed the underclass
dignity: seeking respect in back row america by chris arnade sentinel, 304pp, £25/$18 books featuring battles between the shift manager at a...
Steve Larkin
The debate abortion advocates don't want to have
the us supreme court upheld indiana’s law requiring the remains of abortion victims be interred or cremated on may 28, in a decision that hi...
Jordan Bloom
Finally, a Supreme Court justice recognises the eugenicist origins of abortion
justice clarence thomas has written the first supreme court opinion in history which documents at length the eugenicist origins of abortion ...
C C Pecknold
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