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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
Heretic of the week: Jan Hus
bohemian-czech native jan hus (1369-1415) is widely considered a forerunner of the protestant revolt. in 1393 he received his ba from the un...
Charles Coulombe
Detaching universities from the Church hasn't freed them
at a london conference this monday, sir roger scruton gave an illuminating address on why people have need of nations. but what had people t...
C C Pecknold
Places, people and ancient instability
st mark the evangelist by serena fass, filament publishing (distributed by aid to the church in need uk), 315pp, £25/$30 serena fass is a re...
Lucien de Guise
It will take more than a mutual defense pact to quell the Twitter mob
niall ferguson has recently recounted the ever-lengthening list of professional thinkers, public intellectuals, and writers of any stripe wh...
C C Pecknold
Catholic University president applauds students' decision to block porn
the president of the catholic university of america has voiced his support for a student government resolution that asked the university to ...
Jonah McKeown/CNA
If Hitler had his way he would have exterminated Christians too
in a recent column, michael rosenwald writes in the washington post about hitler’s view of christianity by way of alan bullock’s classic wor...
C C Pecknold
Merton remains unignorable - and not because of his love affair
thomas merton looms large in the catholic imagination as the quintessentially post-vatican ii spiritual writer. that should tell us all we n...
Michael Warren Davis
The week in quotations
"she will be leaving in weeks" pakistan prime minister imran khan on asia bibi bbc interview "the sign of peace, reduced in catholic masses ...
Staff writers
Get 20% off all US subscriptions this Easter
from now until the end of monday, april 22, the catholic herald is offering 20% off all subscriptions to its new us edition for easter. just...
Robert Wargas
The 'woke' get the parody they deserve
woke: a guide to social justice by titania mcgrath constable, 150pp, £12.99/$18.99 an aphorism traditionally attributed to gk chesterton not...
Simon Caldwell
It is young people who are leading the fight against pornography
in february of last year, ross douthat penned a column about banning porn . it was a kind of feminist argument. “if you want better men by a...
C C Pecknold
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