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Navigating the unchristian options of the EU elections
stepping into the voting booth this upcoming round of eu elections occurring 6-9 june, one is not faced with an easy choice. even parties th...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Zoraya ter Beek deserved doctors who cherished her life as precious
reports have emerged that zoraya ter beek, a young woman from the netherlands, died on 22 may by euthanasia. she was 29 years old...
BeatriceScudeler
Nuncio to Kenya says secular West is 'self-absorbed' and has 'lost its vigour'
yaoundé, cameroon – archbishop hubertus van megen, the vatican representative in kenya, blames the receding church in europe on the continen...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
National Service proposal is a sad sign of our times that is unfair on the young and anti-Catholic in nature
with the uk's election campaign underway after the announcement by the prime minister of a 4 july date for voting, the proposal by the torie...
Laura Perrins
Editorial - Compared to Catholicism, what exactly is 'Cultural Christianity'?
this month's magazine cover issue is the prospect of britain’s first avowedly atheist prime minister after the uk general election on 4 july...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis's latest book: reflections on history and moments of clarity
just over three years ago i wrote a piece for the herald called “ the battle of the papal biographers ” (march 2021). in it i noted that sin...
Serenhedd James
Hervé’s Way: The story of a one-legged pilgrim
it’s early in the morning. the clouds are low, there’s a chill in the air, the birds are singing. i’m walking out of the tuscan town of sarz...
John Laurenson
A woman's defence of Harrison Butker
what on earth was harrison butker thinking? hasn’t he learned that the way to recognise a woman’s dignity is to use her for pleasure, get he...
Katherine Bennett
Tales of Walsingham: a pilgrim reflects on journeying to England's 'Nazareth'
whan that aprille with his shoures soote, the droghte of march hath perced to the roote… thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages . ( when&...
MichaelSwift
Challenging liberal Christianity: Jesus gave very clear warnings about losing ‘saltiness’
christians are supposed to be unpopular. they are supposed to be out of touch with contemporary society (whether that means first-century pa...
Niall Gooch
Review: Cloistered, by Catherine Coldstream
cloistered catherine coldstream chatto & windus, £20, 352 pages charlotte brontë’s classic bildungs-roman, jane eyre , tells the story o...
Sally Bayley
Canadian archbishop fights for right of church hospice to refuse euthanasia
no-one ever slides up a slippery slope. they only ever go down. euthanasia invariably involves a descent that is not so much like skidding t...
Simon Caldwell
Interview: Former Catholic Union chairman becomes Lord Mayor of Westminster
councillor robert rigby was elected the new right worshipful lord mayor of westminster following a vote at full council on may 15 th . a pra...
The Catholic Herald
Why are some people so intolerant about children at Mass?
i have just stomped in from an otherwise lovely day celebrating our eldest child reaching double figures. children being rather more sophist...
Flora Watkins
Hundreds gather in Parliament Square to protest against ‘abortion up to birth’ as vote looms
multiple advocacy groups, charities and christians gathered opposite the houses of parliament in london today to protest what could be the m...
Tom Colsy
A disturbing amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill is a clear threat to the Seal of Confession
parliamentarians can sometimes need watching carefully. the criminal justice bill, where debate is due to start today, is a case in point. w...
Prof Andrew Tettenborn
Christians in Mozambique praying for peace as attacks grow 'more severe'
yaoundé, cameroon – violence has escalated in recent days in cabo delgado in mozambique, with the director of the denis hurley peace institu...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
'Say no to abortion up to birth': What's at stake for the UK this 15 May
the whole pro-life movement is standing together to say "no to abortion up to birth” this wednesday on 15 may. this is why you need to join ...
Clare McCullough
US bishops urge Congress to address maternal health amid mortality rate surge
the three chairmen of the united states conference of catholics bishops recently wrote to congress to urge lawmakers to address the nation’s...
johnlavenburg
UK Parliament abortion vote on 15 May: ‘A time to raise our voices and not lose heart’
bishops rarely comment on bills in parliament. lay christians, informed by their faith, freely and sincerely adopt different political views...
Bishop Mark Davies
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