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Overlooked: religious Sister wins million-dollar humanitarian prize
what happened? a religious sister who founded a project which helps poor families in the democratic republic of the congo has won a $1 milli...
The Catholic Herald
The new ideology of gender has tragic effects in hundreds of families
it seems unthinkable to us today, but for centuries parents allowed their young sons to be sexually mutilated before puberty if they seemed ...
C C Pecknold
For Catholics, the election offers an unappealing choice
in the most simplistic terms, next month’s general election is a two-horse race between the conservatives who, in the phrase of the prime mi...
Simon Caldwell
'We are all traumatised': an interview with South Sudan's senior churchman
bishop eduardo hiiboro kussala is a man on a mission. born in what is now south sudan in 1964, he has been a priest for 25 years and bishop ...
The Catholic Herald
A paragon of the old left
what many catholics really miss in the current election is something like the labour party as it once was: caring about working people, the ...
Mary Kenny
Reissues and new releases: An overwhelming case for celibacy
fr alain-marie de lassus, of the community of st john, has provided a wide-ranging study of adoration from a biblical, philosophical and the...
Francis Phillips
The Catholic university rebuilding trust in a post-communist society
in 1945-46, stalin set out to liquidate the ukrainian greek catholic church. a church of four million people was destroyed in all of its pub...
The Catholic Herald
What constitutes fidelity?
it’s becoming increasing difficult in today’s world to trust anything or anybody, for good reason. there is little that’s stable, safe to le...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
What to expect from Pope Francis's trip to Thailand and Japan
the papal visit to thailand and japan will give pope francis the chance to address five key themes of his social teaching, and two general q...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Rob Flello: The Lib Dems deselected me - but they can't make me conform
it’s not quite the 200th anniversary of the roman catholic relief act of 1829, but it seems we’re almost back to the days when a catholic co...
Rob Flello
This election could be crucial for Catholic schools
as a religious community we value our partnership with the government in the provision of catholic education. it is a partnership which has ...
The Catholic Herald
World news: from Santiago to Stoke-on-Trent
washington, dc paid family leave high on the agenda, says ivanka trump us politicians are moving towards giving increased support to familie...
Staff writers
Big story: Bishops disagree over centrality of abortion
what happened? a debate over abortion has split the us bishops’ conference, with church leaders disagreeing over its relative importa...
Staff writers
Walking with God among pots and pans
the life of saint teresa of avila by carlos eire, princeton, 280pp, £22/$26.95 this incisive, insightful book gets to the heart of the matte...
Alexander Jolliffe
How to … Be an altar server
most parish priests like to be able to draw on the help of between one and six altar servers at any one time. traditionally, the lay ministr...
The Catholic Herald
Heretic of the week: Conrad Beissel
conrad beissel (1691-1768) was born in eberbach, a town deeply divided between catholics and calvinists. as one of the latter, he took up th...
Charles Coulombe
Heretic of the week: Valentinus
valentinus (100-160), was born in a small town in northern egypt, and moved to alexandria as a child. there he received a greek education an...
Charles Coulombe
The odd couple who kept up Britain's spirits
attlee and churchill by leo mckinstry atlantic, 737pp, £25/$28 talk about the descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. from attlee and ch...
Allan Massie
Quotes of the week
"we’ve got so much to thank god for … we’re so clever we could blow each other up … we don't love one another … our lord jesus said he’ll be...
Staff writers
The best of the web: Fall of communism, individualism, an answered prayer
the vital role churches played in 1989 in the church times, anglican clergyman alexander faludy said the contribution of churches to the eve...
Staff writers
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