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Liz Truss: should Catholics be happy with the UK's new Prime Minister?

in the end, the result was no shock, as tory veteran liz truss defeated rishi sunak to become the uk’s next prime minister. it may seem odd ...
The Catholic Herald

Will demand grow to end celibacy, as Pope signals zero tolerance on abuse?

pope francis says he has taken personal responsibility to rid the church of sexual abuse. he told cnn portugal that he was “responsible that...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Burke: the dark horse in the running to succeed Pope Francis

cardinal raymond leo burke – a canon lawyer and former archbishop of st. louis – could be a dark horse candidate to succeed pope francis in ...
Staff Reporter

McElroy vs Cordileone: the battle for American Catholicism

the elevation of the bishop of san diego, rather than the archbishop of san francisco, to cardinal this summer demonstrates the extent to wh...
The Catholic Herald

Persecution of Church officials in Nicaragua intensifies

despite protests from the latin american church and an appeal from the vatican for dialogue a understanding, the nicaraguan government conti...
Eduardo Campos Lima

Preaching to the unconverted

catholic spectacle and rome’s jews: early modern conversion and resistance emily michelson princeton university press, £30, 352 pages in 155...
Stefan Bauer

Standards in public life are at rock bottom

what does the decline of religion have to do with the current leadership battle in the conservative party? in our strange constitutional arr...
Laura Perrins

The less dangerous US Supreme Court

in federalist paper number 78, alexander hamilton famously contended that the judiciary would be “the least dangerous” of the three branches...
Ken Craycraft

A fighter for rights

sheila clare hollins – formally known as baroness hollins of wimbledon in the london borough of merton and of grenoside in the county of sou...
Simon Caldwell

Feeding the nation sustainably

as preparations are made to return to school i begin to think of winter stews with barley and log fires, crisp mornings, hot chocolate and a...
charlie-hart

With most UK babies born out of wedlock, does the Catholic-infused New Right have the solution?

for some, it will be a cause for celebration, for others, a portent of worse to come. the uk’s office of national statistics – britain’s equ...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Tagle in UK: was potential pope’s liberal message a sign for future?

filipino cardinal luis antonio tagle - fast-emerging as a frontrunner to succeed pope francis , as rumours grow about a looming papal resign...
The Catholic Herald

Anscombe leads calls for 'Charlie's Law' after death of Archie Battersbee

an internationally-respected catholic bioethics centre has called for urgent reforms of uk law after doctors ended the life of a brain-damag...
Simon Caldwell

How the Catholic Church can reverse its collapse in Latin America

latin america has long been associated with catholicism. for the first time in history, the head of the church is a latin american. to this ...
The Catholic Herald

There can be no moral renewal of public life without respect for God and Man

in july 2022, just before boris johnson’s resignation, nick timothy—theresa may’s former chief of staff—surveyed in the daily telegraph the ...
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

Will the Catholic Church inevitably turn from the West?

if demography and culture are destiny, then the vatican – and wider christian community - have a serious problem, in the western world at le...
The Catholic Herald

Pope’s visit won’t reverse collapse of Canadian Catholicism

pope francis arrived in quebec on wednesday as part of his pilgrimage of penance, atoning for the sins of the catholic church against indige...
The Catholic Herald

How to solve a problem like Viktor Orbán?

the catholic church is struggling to hold together a diverse coalition, with increasingly different interpretations of what it means to be a...
The Catholic Herald

Pope begins Canada visit but questions remain

pope francis landed in canada on sunday at the start of a week-long “pilgrimage of penance” which will focus on an apology for the abuse of ...
The Catholic Herald

Is politics too important for politicians?

unless you happen to live under a rock, you won’t fail to have noticed that the uk is currently being forced to endure yet another underwhel...
The Catholic Herald

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