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Vatican trial raises the question: Is Pope Francis ‘Great Reformer’ or ‘Great Restorer’?
rome – anyone who’s ever read or seen inherit the wind knows that almost 100 years ago, a celebrated trial took place in the ame...
John Allen
Mixed reactions to Vatican 'Trial of the Century': will anyone actually go to jail?
rome – after a staggering total of 30 months, 85 hearings stretching over some 600 courtroom hours, 69 witnesses and almost 150,000 pages of...
John L Allen
Freedom wins as Finnish politician found 'not guilty' of hate speech for Bible tweet
it is a worrying fact that the right of catholics, and indeed all christians, to manifest their beliefs can’t be taken for granted these day...
Prof Andrew Tettenborn
How war in the Holy Land imperils our Judaeo-Christian civilisation
i had wanted to write only theology and spirituality. raw politics always presents added complexities. it is too often the practice of power...
Gavin Ashenden
Islam's problem with Jews goes back millennia
the events in israel and gaza have presented the world with a clash of political ambitions of the most intense kind, bathed in the deeply em...
Gavin Ashenden
October's Synod in Rome will have an impact far beyond the Church
there has been a good deal of hype over this month’s synod on synodality in rome, which will draw together nearly 400 participants. touching...
Elise Ann Allen
An app to reveal how the BBC has long given up on neutrality
john reith, the first director-general of the bbc, was intensely high-minded. a scottish presbyterian, he imbued the organisation with a sen...
Niall Gooch
The Lancet's misguided invocation of Gramsci
earlier this year, the lancet , a 200-year-old medical journal, carried an editorial entitled, “we must engage in a war of posi...
Anthony McCarthy
Is Pope Francis stacking the deck for the next conclave?
are we reading too much into pope francis’s upcoming consistory, which could influence the choice of his successor, asks john h allen jr . r...
John Allen
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...
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