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Cardinal Sarah gives our youth hope 'not by being nice, but by being faithful'

when i was 11 i started at a large co-ed secondary school in what lewis hamilton would later call the “slums” and spent the first few days t...
Katherine Bennett

Curtailing free speech is a civil rights issue

a serious and important measure was passed by the commons amid the psychodrama of liz truss’s unravelling premiership. it was an amendment t...
The Catholic Herald

Suicide rates soar wherever euthanasia or assisted suicide are legalised, reveals study by Anscombe Centre

the numbers of people who commit suicide surge in countries which legalise euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, new research has revea...
Simon Caldwell

Ron DeSantis: a different kind of Catholic President?

two big takeaways emerged from the us midterms. the first was that the democrats were not obliterated by a republican “red wave”. the second...
Ignatius Dean

The Synodal Way: 'Consulting with the people of God is different from coming under pressure from activists'

we must not put all our faith in structures, urges michael nazir-ali it is christ who makes the church, christ who renews the church, and ch...
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

Fr Sean Sheehy's homily was compassionate, not controversial

when father sean sheehy gave a homily against sin and explained the importance of forgiveness, all hell broke loose. that’s if you actually ...
Laura Perrins

Pope Francis defends appointment of pro-abortion woman to Pontifical Academy for Life

pope francis has defended the appointment of an atheist supporter of abortion to the pontifical academy for life. during an in-flight press ...
Simon Caldwell

Netflix's All Quiet on the Western Front: a poignant anti-war flick undermined by cheap history

eric maria remarque wrote  all quiet on the western front  nearly a century ago. many of his readers and his friends had traipsed ...
Ferdie Rous

The prejudices that show abortionists don't want 'choice' - but simply more abortions

the leftwing website fivethirtyeight has reported a decrease in the numbers of abortions in the united states since the us supreme court dec...
Laura Perrins

Pope urges Muslim world to ditch the death penalty during historic trip to Bahrain

pope francis has spoken out against the death penalty in the historic first papal visit to the kingdom of bahrain. the holy father included ...
Simon Caldwell

Catholic Leaders of Today: Leaders of Tomorrow

these are the ten catholic leaders under 40 who the herald expects to see helping to shape the catholic conversation in the uk and beyond st...
The Catholic Herald

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Cherie Blair

the blair regime in downing street became infamous for alistair campbell saying that “we don’t do god.” but cherie blair loses little time i...
William Cash

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Rob Flello

since october last year, robert flello, formerly the labour mp for stoke-on-trent south, has served as chairman of the 150-year-old catholic...
Hugh Kerr

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Others

baroness howard de walden & susan buchan landowner and philanthropist  lady howard de walden, 86, oversees the howard de walden est...
The Catholic Herald

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Education

paul barber director, catholic educatio service former barrister paul barber was director of education for the diocese of westminster before...
The Catholic Herald

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Law and Politics

law dame finola o’farrell high court judge finola o’farrell became a high court judge in 2016. she is in charge of the technology and constr...
The Catholic Herald

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Charity

christine allen director, cafod christine allen was appointed director of the catholic agency for overseas development (cafod) in 2019. she ...
The Catholic Herald

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Introduction

once again, our editorial team and advisory board have got together to produce the herald’s annual uk catholic leaders of today special repo...
The Catholic Herald

Lord Patten accuses Vatican of secrecy and 'self-delusion' over China

the last british governor of hong kong has severely criticised vatican policy over china, accusing rome of unwarranted secrecy and “self-del...
Simon Caldwell

Death and dishonour in Docklands

luke sheridan enjoys a well-executed exhibition housed inside an old georgian sugar warehouse, the museum of london docklands serves as a sa...
Luke Sheridan

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