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Cardinal Cupich’s opening prayer for Democratic National Convention failed to address the obvious
cardinal blase cupich delivered the invocation prayer at the opening of the 2024 democratic national convention (dnc) in chicago. it receive...
James Jeffrey
Calvinist wine: Not all fruits of the Reformation are as bitter as the rest
john calvin has a well-earned reputation as a curmudgeon. famed as a hater in his day, with even his friends becoming targets, and ultimatel...
Brian Scarffe
EXCLUSIVE: Vatican wrong to open door to euthanasia, says LCP whistleblower
the doctor who blew the whistle on abuses carried out under the notorious liverpool care pathway (lcp) has warned catholics that new guidanc...
Simon Caldwell
US Catholic university suspends male swimming team after gambling probe
new york – following a historic season, the university of notre dame has announced its men’s swimming programme has been suspended for at le...
johnlavenburg
Summer reads recommended by the Catholic Herald (Part 2)
here is the second part of the catholic herald 's recommended reads for this summer that have been put together by some of the herald’s frie...
The Catholic Herald
Think Pink: Some cold summer treat recipes
here are two variations on a strawberries and cream theme, which make simple and refreshing puddings for warm days. long, thin langues de ch...
Cornelia van der Poll
Rise of AI is ‘evangelical moment’ for Catholicism: a time to endorse and resist
an expert in the realm of artificial intelligence describes the increasing prominence of ai an “evangelical moment” for catholicism, in whic...
johnlavenburg
Interview: Richard Demarco on the Church, the arts, and the Edinburgh Festival
the first time i interviewed richard demarco was in the late 1980s; we were walking up edinburgh’s royal mile during the festival. he sudden...
JamesHastings
Hyper-sexualisation, 'trans'-formation and evangelisation: just your average summer of ideological sport
this summer has thrown up a festival of sport to watch and enjoy. part of the enjoyment flows from someone who represents you winning glory....
Gavin Ashenden
Refreshingly honest account of Queen Victoria: from foibles and failings to her sense of duty and religious leanings
queen victoria and her prime ministers: a personal history anne somerset william collins, £30, 630 pages for two-thirds of the last two cent...
Fr Mark Vickers
'The Damascus Events': How the 1860 massacre shaped the modern Middle East
the damascus events: the 1860 massacre and the making of the modern middle east eugene rogan penguin: allen lane, £30, 400 pages on jul...
Alexander Faludy
EDITORIAL: Not clever; not funny; just crass
the creative director of the opening ceremony of the paris olympic games, the engagingly named thomas jolly, made clear at the outset that i...
The Catholic Herald
Pride: How it is intimately bound up with the rejection of God's omnipotence
the university of oxford hosts a sermon every year in st mary’s church on the sin of pride. part of the joke, in my day, was that they used ...
AN Wilson
Bishop Barron slams ‘gross mockery' of Last Supper and Christian Faith during Olympic Games opening ceremony
bishop robert barron has gone online to lambast what he calls the “gross mockery” of the christian faith that occurred during the opening ce...
The Catholic Herald
Vatican takes down online poll on Synodality as the ‘Nos’ rack up
the vatican quickly took down an online poll on the concept of "synodality" after a strongly unenthusiastic response from several thousand u...
Elise Allen
New ‘God’s Gang’ cartoon tries hard to explore interfaith dialogue and relations – but fails
superheroes, evil aliens, trippy plotlines, comic disproportion, a farting planet. the new cartoon series god’s gang has all the trappings o...
KateBanks
Why the Book of Jonah is full of enigma, by Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM
there are many biblical books that fascinate me, from both the old and the new testaments. reading genesis, exodus and the psalms always mov...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM
Benjamin Britten's surprising habit of 'Christianising' non-Christian stories in his operas
benjamin britten was one of those composers whose religious leanings were unclear; and as a gay man in mid-20th century england, he had few ...
Michael White
Rupnik art dispute more complicated than it appears, argues art historian
as accusations of sexual abuse have mounted against father marko rupnik, his art has increasingly come into question and under the microscop...
Elise Allen
Islam in British democracy and the dangers to our Jewish neighbours
for the first time, this 4 july a british general election will be fought in part over islamic ideology. there are currently four constituen...
Gavin Ashenden
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