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Pope calls for truth about ‘Vatican Girl’ as Italian Parliament launches probe
rome – pope francis has repeated his own desire that the truth surrounding the 1983 disappearance of emanuela orlandi finally emerge, just a...
Crux Staff
Warwick Street’s pipe organ restoration project struggling to find grants
the church of our lady of the assumption and st gregory on warwick street in the heart of london is in the midst of a difficult fu...
The Catholic Herald
EDITORIAL: Raves in the naves, the desecration of our medieval cathedrals
one of the most dispiriting reflections of the state of the church of england has been the spectacle of ancient cathedrals hosting what crit...
The Catholic Herald
Diary: Life as an Englishwoman in the bustle of Notre Dame
here’s the scene: it’s the mid-19th century, the bleakest of bleak indiana winters. a french priest, father edward sorin, accompanied by sev...
Leslie Fernandez-Armesto
A call to modesty: saying No to the bikini by choosing more Christian swimwear
with summer now not as distant as it once seemed in the depths of winter, as the days lighten thoughts may be turning to planning for the ho...
LeahLevinMartins
Letters: Fiducia Supplicans and 'bowing to the corrupting nature of a secular world devoid of absolutes'
fiducia supplicans sir – it is worrying that the holy father appears to question the motives of anyone who has concerns about fiducia ...
Catholic Herald Readers
Missing mission: Where's the Christian heritage at the British Museum?
in defence of the uk’s pre-eminent cultural institution, the theft of 2,000 items shows some vigilance when compared with the bibliothèque n...
Lucien de Guise
Fr Anthony Symondson SJ, 1940-2024
fr anthony symondson sj, who died on 31 january at the age of 83, was one of the 20th century’s most significant historians of ecclesiastica...
The Catholic Herald
Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
orbital samantha harvey jonathan cape, £14.99, 136 pages samantha harvey’s orbital is a quirky little novel, which charts a day in the life ...
Helen Walsh
The Transfiguration of Jesus calls us to be obedient like Abraham
"jesus took with him peter and james and john and led them up a high mountain" (mark 9:2). sunday’s gospel of jesus’s transfiguration is pai...
Fr David Howell
How Pope's blessings for same-sex couples undermine peace efforts in Ukraine
rome – as the world marked the second anniversary of russia’s invasion of ukraine yesterday, the failure to date of all diplomatic efforts, ...
John L Allen
The beauty and power of music can bring us into the presence of the Divine
a book on sexual passion, which was authored by cardinal fernández of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith, has recently been redisco...
Gavin Ashenden
Rising from the ashes: Notre Dame comes to Westminster Abbey
on 15 april 2019 the world watched as notre dame de paris burned. after the flèche collapsed and smoke appeared through the louvres of the w...
Serenhedd James
On pilgrimage with: Author and photographer Laura Dodsworth
where would you go? i’d like to walk england’s classic pilgrim’s way from winchester to canterbury. but it is a two-week commitment and that...
The Catholic Herald
On the Record: Musical choices for heart and soul this Lenten season
candlemas was only just a couple of weeks ago; an early easter this year means that lent is here already. if i were to suggest miserer...
Alex Hodgkinson
Female diaconate possible according to theologian nun advising Pope
rome – a spanish nun who has participated in recent meetings of pope francis’s top advisory body has said that while women’s priestly ordina...
Elise Allen
Italy and the Catholic Church still riven by pernicious politics of memory
rome – italy’s february 10 “day of remembrance” is worth giving more consideration to than might seem immediately obvious to the non-italian...
John L Allen
The Psalms and Kit: The promise of peace of mind
sarah sands on her brother, kit, and the psalms. the book of psalms has already been singled out by the revd jonathan aitken for this public...
sarah sands
Even doubters and deniers can find a spiritual home in the Psalms
the best gift we can receive as we’re learning how to pray is clear guidance from a person who already prays. and there is no greater expres...
Fr Jeffrey Kirby C
Gluttony is still with us, but so is the Lenten fast
over a decade ago, conservationists working in the early-medieval st cadoc’s church at llancarfan in south wales painstakingly chipped away ...
Pen Vogler
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