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INTERVIEW: Five young Catholics explain why they are pro-life activists and marching for the unborn

there is a new lease of life in the pro-life movement, as will be witnessed at the march for life in london this saturday on 7 september, an...
Heather Tomlinson

Pope visits famous mosque designed by a Christian; discusses how all religions 'walk in search of God'

jakarta – pope francis visited the city’s famed istiqlal mosque on 5 september during the main event of his three-day visit to the capital c...
Elise Ann Allen

Tim Walz is right – JD Vance is very weird

tim walz has managed to dominate the attention of the mainstream media over the past few weeks. not because of groundbreaking policy announc...
Thomas Edwards

New leadership announced at top Catholic schools: Ampleforth and Moor Park

ampleforth college, the benedictine boarding school often dubbed "the catholic eton", has announced that peter roberts will step down as hea...
Thomas Edwards

Latin Mass Society's Walsingham Pilgrimage seen from a tent on the ground

the first thing your brain registers each morning is the siren call of “good morning pilgrims!! it is a beautiful day! this is your six o’cl...
Laurence Dauti

Catholics need to know fight for unborn is shifting ‘ominously’ into international law as UN scolds Poland

catholics encountering efforts by pressure groups to normalise and extend abortion are increasingly not only standing up publicly for what i...
Prof Andrew Tettenborn

Letter from the Editor: Election fever, remembrance and pilgrimage

the cover of the september edition of the catholic herald magazine addresses what will be one of the most important moments in the battle fo...
William Cash

Summer of slaughter: Islamists murder 100 Burkina Faso Christians in last three months

islamist extremists have massacred about 100 christians and kidnapped many more in burkina faso in attacks since may. the last atrocity took...
Amy Balog

Donald Trump adds to his Catholic ‘team’ again: what are we to make of RFK coming on board?

the election campaign of donald trump has once again received support from another practicing catholic and prominent politician, robert f ke...
Mark Jenkins

Ohio judge criticised for blocking state’s pre-abortion 24-hour wait period

a judge’s decision to temporarily block the state of ohio law that mandates a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion occurs has been crit...
johnlavenburg

Robert F Kennedy's decision to endorse Trump follows 'deep prayer' and spiritual reflection

robert f. kennedy jr has dropped out of the us presidential race and at the same time officially endorsed former president donald trump’s bi...
The Catholic Herald

Tim Walz and wife did not use IVF, as previously claimed

since tim walz was nominated as kamala harris’ running mate for the democrat ticket, one of the hot-button topics it was assumed he would cl...
The Catholic Herald

Churches attacked on French island amid rising ‘Christianophobia’

from israel to india to egypt, attacks against churches and other symbols of christianity in the east have become so frequent that they are ...
Gavin Mortimer

Tim Walz’s obsession with the so-called ‘weirdness’ (aka Catholicism) of JD Vance

we are likely to hear a lot more about “weird” during the democratic national convention that kicks off in chicago today to run from 19 - 22...
Mark Jenkins

The conundrum of having to 'chew' Jesus

“how can this man give us his flesh to eat?” (john 6:52) in the gospel on sunday 18 august, jesus does not answer this question from his fol...
Fr David Howell

Pope Francis praised for making ‘remote periphery’ a priority on next global trip

as pope francis’s sprawling 12-day journey to asia and oceania approaches, the local bishop of the remote diocese of vanimo in papua new gui...
Elise Allen

Scotland’s only Catholic boarding school closes with immediate effect

kilgraston school in central scotland announced on august 13 that it has closed with immediate effect. it means there is no longer a single ...
The Catholic Herald

War and immigration make this Feast Day of St Maximilian Kolbe poignantly relevant

every saint’s story and life's testament still resonates today no matter how sizeable the passage of time between us and them. but the story...
James Jeffrey

Cardinal cautions US Catholics on temptation to 'disengage from politics'; reminds them of 'duty' to participate and 'bring light to our nation'

cardinal joseph tobin had reminded us catholics of their duty to actively participate in the political process no matter how off putting the...
johnlavenburg

Sunday's Gospel: Jesus is the living bread, come down from heaven

anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that i shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world. (john 6:51) it is har...
Fr David Howell

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