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In Pictures: Catholic Herald 2019 Via Francigena pilgrimage
catholic herald chairman william cash led the herald's first pilgrimage in october last year along the via francigena. the herald has more p...
The Catholic Herald
Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/01/20
pope francis has condemned the "barbaric resurgence" of anti-semitism. politicians blocking the formation of a new lebanese government lack ...
Luke Coppen
On St. Sebastian’s feast day, this Spanish town pummels men dressed as monsters with turnips
every year on the feast of st. sebastian, a young man from the spanish village of piornal dons a suit covered in colourful strips of cloth. ...
Mary Farrow/CNA
Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/01/20
like st john the baptist, we should not assume that "we already know everything" about jesus, pope francis said at yesterday's angelus ( ful...
Luke Coppen
For goodness' sake, let's learn to reverence the name of God
the first time i heard the holy name uttered this week was as i stood in a packed bus during my morning commute into glasgow’s city centre. ...
The Catholic Herald
The Benedict-Sarah book shows how to defend priestly celibacy
various things conspire to bring on the january blues, like the fact that i have paid several hundred pounds in motoring fines in the past m...
Fr Dominic Allain
This Sunday, listen out for a 'liturgical unicorn'
fifty years ago, paul vi implemented a new form of the roman missal, a departure from the tradition of centuries not just in forms and gestu...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Will there be dentist drills in heaven?
divine bodies by candida moss yale, 195pp, £35/$45 most christians would agree that heaven is a place that can’t be conceptualised from our ...
Jonathan Wright
What is Notre-Dame without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass?
notre-dame by ken follet harper, 80pp, £9.99/$17 before he has reached the 10th sentence of his new book, notre-dame, the bestselling noveli...
Michael Duggan
The Aeronauts is baloney – but it's thrilling to watch
on my last trip to london, i visited st paul’s and ascended the 528 steps to the golden gallery, 280 feet from the cathedral floor. it took ...
Carl Curtis
Does Malick's new film show the real Franz Jägerstätter?
franz jägerstätter’s life and death raise one question above all: why did he do it? why did this austrian farmer refuse to fight in hitler’s...
Dan Hitchens
Why aid is not enough to save Nineveh Plain Christians
patriarch louis sako of the chaldean catholic church took the unprecedented move of cancelling christmas celebrations in iraq, following the...
Mardean Isaac
The European project according to Pope Francis
one line in pope francis’s “state of the world” address to diplomats last week really stood out, regarding the disaster that struck notre-da...
Christopher R. Altieri
Meanwhile: Two popes, two nominations
you wait ages for an actor to receive an oscar nomination for playing the pope, and then two come along at once. jonathan pryce has been nom...
Staff writers
Scotland's Bishop Robson responds to allegation of plagiarism
a scottish bishop accused of committing plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation told cna that while he never intentionally committed any act...
JD Flynn/CNA
Preaching one thing then doing another is 'pastoral schizophrenia,' Pope says
the crowds following jesus during his lifetime said he taught with "authority" because he lived what he preached, pope francis has said. "au...
Cindy Wooden
What does Benedict XVI actually say in new book on priestly celibacy?
in his chapter in a new book on priestly celibacy, pope emeritus benedict xvi says a historical understanding of the priesthood in the old a...
Michelle La Rosa/CNA
Little Women: much more than a feminist screed
this latest cinematic adaptation of louisa may alcott's 1868 eponymous civil war classic asks a fundamental question: can little women produ...
The Catholic Herald
Saying grace can change your life
it’s a new year, and we are told by the media that it is time for a new you. someone who is better, wiser and – most insistently – thinner. ...
Rachel Kelly
Prize crossword 0626
cryptic across 5 blessings of sixties music – duet is not in tune (10) 8 left hospital department after period of abstinence (4) 9 awe to a ...
Alun Evans
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