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EDITORIAL: Trump triumphs and returns to the White House with a Catholic vice president
the us election has turned out to be not quite as close-run as the pundits and the pollsters predicted. the results are in, and they are dec...
The Catholic Herald
Everything up in the air as bitterest of US elections begins
austin, texas - both yesterday and today there been nothing about the us election on the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb...
James Jeffrey
The growing power of the Amish vote in US politics
religion has not played a central role in this election campaign. it seems that there are other, more immediate issues—such as the economy, ...
Thomas Edwards
Violence against Christians continues to rise worldwide
imagine the scene: one summer’s evening, a young mother’s peace is shattered when her brother bursts in, pursued by an angry mob. accusing h...
John Pontifex
Ghana bishops call for end to 'witch camps'
yaoundé, cameroon – a catholic bishop in ghana has called on catholics in the african nation to go beyond simply providing charity to indivi...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Silent thought, loud control: the lurid rise of 'thought crime' in modern Britain
the first conceptual seeds of george orwell's novel 1984 can be traced back to his essay "london letter", written in 1944, in which he expre...
Thomas Edwards
Veteran appeals abortion thought-crime rap as CPS allows discreet prayers
an army veteran prosecuted after he prayed silently outside an abortion clinic is to appeal against his conviction. adam smith-connor was la...
Simon Caldwell
Cardinal makes Red Wednesday video plea for persecuted Church
cardinal vincent nichols has recorded a statement calling on people to get involved in a catholic charity’s initiative supporting persecuted...
Amy Balog
Lighten up about 'religious' concerns over Halloween: young children love ghouls and ghosties
as i write, with the weather on the turn and summer lapsing away like grief, as emily dickinson put it, there are daily consolatory inspecti...
Flora Watkins
Britain to get another Catholic medical school at London's St Mary’s University
st mary’s university has announced plans to open a new school of medicine on its strawberry hill campus in twickenham, london. the anno...
The Catholic Herald
The Genius of St Mark: A brilliant – but often misunderstood – Gospel gem
this september we return, after our excursion into the gospel of st john, to a sequential reading of st mark’s gospel, picking up at the beg...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Beware assisted suicide - it's all about the money
the rev dr patrick pullicino , the former nhs consultant neurologist who in 2012 blew the whistle on the abuses of the liverpool care pathwa...
The Catholic Herald
Religious sisters shelter hundreds fleeing fighting in Lebanon
religious sisters in war-torn lebanon have transformed their convent into a refuge for more than 800 people fleeing the ongoing bombardment,...
Amy Balog
US bishop: Pope's encyclical on Heart of Jesus is antidote to 'ills of modern society'
new york – the head of the united states' conference of catholic bishops says the new encyclical of pope francis has offered a “simple and p...
John Lavenburg
Euthanasia in Belgium: the slide from hard cases to the 'tired of life'
belgium introduced a bill allowing euthanasia in 2002. in short, it now has significant experience in the matter. in the meantime, other cou...
BenoitBeuselinck
If Harris loses/Trump wins US election it will of course be the 'fault' of Catholics
in the run-up to the us presidential election in 2000 between george w. bush and al gore, the washington post ’s legendary columnist ej dion...
Thomas Edwards
UK must prioritise persecuted Christians and religious minorities for taxpayer-funded aid, says Catholic charity
imagine the scene: one summer’s evening, a young mother’s peace is shattered when her brother bursts in, pursued by an angry mob. accusing t...
John Pontifex
Reaching the oasis of prayer means crossing the spiritual desert
the catechism of the catholic church provides a beautiful summary of the different ways of praying. after summarising the differ...
Fr Jeffrey Kirby C
Letters: Pope Francis has 'made an art form of ambiguity' and 'contortions of the mind'
a risky business sir – speaking at world youth day in rio de janeiro in july 2013, pope francis told those gathered there “hagan lio!” in tr...
Catholic Herald Readers
One eye on the Emerald Isle: The grass seems greener on the other side of the Irish Sea
after cromwell’s conquest of ireland, according to our host, those irish catholics not executed for taking part in the 1641 rebellion were e...
Flora Watkins
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