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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
Review: 'Heaven on Earth' by Emma J Wells
when guests came to visit me during my noviciate at blackfriars in cambridge, a trip to ely cathedral was a failsafe and inexpensive trip ou...
Albert Robertson OP
Cardinal Parolin: has Francis’s ally dashed his chances of becoming Pope?
the battle for the next pope may be shaping up to be a contest between a filipino and a hungarian , but vatican secretary of state, pietro p...
The Catholic Herald
Awaiting the Supreme Court
it is a grim reminder of the situation in which the us supreme court finds itself that one of its members, judge samuel alito, has reportedl...
Gertrude Clarke
Why the overturning of Roe v Wade could reopen the abortion debate in Ireland
the first paragraph of the leaked draft of the supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade states: abortion presents a p...
Dualta Roughneen
A new biography of "Old" Jerusalem reviewed
nine quarters o f jerusalem: a new biography of the old city by matthew teller profile books, £13.35, 389 pages if this book were a pa...
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
John Wilkins, the 'lovable' former editor of the Tablet, dies at 85
john wilkins was editor of the tablet for 21 years until 2003. he had previously been assistant editor of the paper in 1967 but left to join...
Melanie McDonagh
A work whose wings are clipped by prejudice
birds and us: a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation by tim birkhead viking 2022, £25, 441 pages our relationship with birds h...
John McEwen
Unwelcome alteration
there is a folk history of the reformation in england which goes roughly as follows: in the years immediately before the break with rome, th...
Niall Gooch
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
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