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Music: The anti-Nazi opera for our times
if you were looking for an opera with a message for the times we live in, a good place to start would be karl amadeus hartmann’s simplicius ...
Michael White
The world’s last great letter-writer
dashing for the post: the letters of patrick leigh fermor edited by adam sisman, john murray, £30 the age of letter-writing is over. few now...
Michael Duggan
Word This Week
second sunday of advent is 11:1-10; rom 15: 4-9; mt 3:1-12 (year a) the outcomes of recent polls, both for the eu referendum and the america...
Bishop David McGough
Mass Readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, december 4: second sunday of advent is 11:1-10; ps 72; rom 15:4-9; mt 3:1-12 monday, december 5:...
The Catholic Herald
Prize Crossword 0468
cryptic across 7 order pippa lee to be extremely neat and tidy? (5-3,5) 8 being not of this world, took control of america to go after urani...
Alun Evans
Sri Lanka's president praises the Church for helping the poor
President Sirisena also thanked his friend, Cardinal Ranjith, for giving him advice
Staff writers
At least 200,000 Indonesians call for arrest of Christian governor
The protest in Jakarta was the second by hardline Muslims over the governor's alleged blasphemy
Associated Press
MPs call for Parliament to congratulate Pope Francis on his 80th birthday
Labour, SNP and Conservative MPs have tabled a motion praising the Pope's achievements
Staff Reporter
Foreign citizens urged to stay away from central Jakarta ahead of Islamist rally
Last month 100,000 people protested over the alleged blasphemy of the city's Christian governor
Associated Press
Our Lady of Guadalupe gave Aztec culture what it desperately lacked
The Aztec death cult was pitiless. The apparition of Our Lady changed that
Francis Phillips
Dialogue can help France rediscover a common cause, Pope tells politicians
France's diversity should be regarded as an opportunity to build a better world, Francis said
Carol Glatz
The Pope may have a hard time distinguishing friends from enemies when he visits Ireland
A Papal visit to Ireland will see the Pontiff enter into a a complex political situation
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Pope Francis enjoys 'very cordial' meeting with Martin Scorsese in Vatican
The Oscar-winning director was in Rome for a screening of his new film, Silence, at a pontifical university
Associated Press
Thief who vandalised Liverpool cathedral is jailed
Christopher McGlynn caused approximately £30,000 worth of damage at Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral
Madeleine Teahan
Some Catholics are 'unnerved' by current events in the Church, says Cardinal Pell
The cardinal said that conscience must refer to revealed truth and the moral law
Dan Hitchens
Pope Francis meets Stephen Hawking at Vatican science conference
The Pontiff addressed the meeting held by Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Carol Glatz
Follow drug supply chains to corrupt banks, says Pope
The Pope addressed the Pontifical Academy of Sciences during a seminar on drug abuse prevention
Catholic News Service
Father Kolvenbach, former Jesuit superior, dies in Beirut
Pope Francis praised Fr Kolvenbach's 'complete fidelity to Christ and his Gospel'
Catholic News Service
Pope welcomes Vietnamese president to the Vatican
The 15-minute meeting follows a steady improvement in relations between the two states
Catholic News Service
Francis recalls harrowing Year of Mercy visits
meeting a mother mourning a newborn baby and visiting young women rescued from forced prostitution are moments from the year of mercy that r...
Staff writers
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