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Sentimental disbeliever?: Michael Longley’s complicated relationship with faith
in 1969, michael longley published his first significant collection of poems, no continuing city , which featured work written during that d...
Nick Ripatrazone
The curious linguistic dynamics of the nascent synodal Church
the synodal church 2.0 is under way. it is a process of ecclesial discovery that will be held in secret sessions. the secrecy has only serve...
Gavin Ashenden
Can the Synod really achieve any of its aims?
much of this month will be taken up by the synod on synodality, the latest instalment in the synodal process which has been such a distincti...
The Catholic Herald
Confessional Catholics and US public life: Francis X Maier has a journalist’s head and a churchman’s heart
in the united states, opinion polls consistently suggest that to identify as catholic is not a reliable predictor of one’s favoured politica...
Ken Craycraft
No Jews or Catholics, please, we’re Democrats and have a cynical election campaign to run
while you are going to hear a lot about “weird” during the democratic national convention – as discussed by mark jenkins in an article earli...
James Jeffrey
Neo-liberal chaos: from the Olympics’ opening ceremony to the UK riots
various media outlets have reported that the iranian government summoned the french ambassador in order to demand an explanation for the dis...
Mark Jenkins
Donald Trump's attempted murder warns us that vile rhetoric costs lives
after the terrible attempt to assassinate donald trump, cardinal sean o’malley of boston put the problem besetting america thus: “as a natio...
The Catholic Herald
Italy’s Prime Minister tells bishops to back off over constitutional reform
rome – after the leader of the italian bishops recently appeared to throw cold water on a key constitutional reform backed by italy’s conser...
Crux Staff
Problems with the Vatican's new norms for vetting supernatural phenomena
one of the most compelling attractions of catholicism is the immersion in the supernatural. the church birthed with the miracle of the resur...
Gavin Ashenden
Israel objects to Catholic 'moral blindness' to Hamas terror
rome – just as israel continues to deploy its military “hard power” on the gaza strip, defying international pressure to back down, so too i...
John L Allen
Biden in worse trouble than Trump with Catholic voters – especially if they go to Mass
recent survey data from the pew research center indicates that incumbent us president joe biden is up against a high unfavorability rating a...
The Catholic Herald
Cardinal Müller takes to stage despite police trying to close National Conservatism conference as political crackdown escalates in Brussels
dramatic scenes in brussels today at the national conservatism conference offered a harrowing harbinger of what a police state in the heart ...
The Catholic Herald
US cardinal says ‘Dignitas Infinita’ clarifies that LGBTQ Catholics are loved but the Church’s moral teachings still apply
rome – cardinal wilton gregory of washington, dc, has praised the new vatican document on human dignity as a “welcome summation” of church t...
Elise Allen
Catholic Relief Services in Holy Land 'extremely concerned' after deaths of aid workers in Israeli air strike
mourners gather around the body of palestinian issam abu taha, a worker from the world central kitchen (wck), who was killed in an israeli a...
johnlavenburg
Ugly scenes at Manchester University embody how abortion in UK holds up a mirror to society
students attending the university of manchester pro-life society’s inaugural gathering earlier this month were spat at, threatened with rape...
Georgia L. Gilholy
Only Jesus offers us a glorified body, not transhumanism and visions of a technological human future
the season of lent in which we find ourselves once more is a time to prepare for easter, the high point of the liturgical year in which we c...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Inglorious Revolution: subcurrents around James II’s attempts at religious toleration
“the glorious revolution” is one of those phrases catholics like to put quotation marks around. the dominant narrative of james ii’s deposit...
Lucy Underwood
NHS end-of-life 'pathway' practises continue despite being banned
the liverpool care pathway (lcp) was abolished in every hospital and hospice in the country just under a decade ago. this end-of-life-care p...
Simon Caldwell
How the Magi found truth in the Messiah, not astrology
looking to the skies. today, astrology is big business. yet despite its popularity, i don’t expect governments to start depicting astrologic...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
'On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me'…The Star of Bethlehem and the Infant Christ
today, astrology is big business. in 2021, the global astrology market size was valued at $12.8 billion, and it is projected to grow to $22....
Fr Robert Verrill OP
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