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Heretic of the week: Henry James Prince
henry james prince (1811-1899) became a doctor in 1832; five years later he gave up medicine due to his own ill health and entered an anglic...
Charles Coulombe
What Maria Montessori can teach the Church about catechesis
a recent survey of us catholics concluded that two thirds do not believe in the real presence of our lord in the eucharist. in a church not ...
Fr Dominic Allain
What’s changed in my lifetime? Almost everything
i seem to have had a quiet life. yes, it began with deciding the proximity of the next nazi bomb through the tune of its whistle or seeing h...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
I grew up in a house of priest holes - which sometimes came in handy
someone once told me that there is no higher point between the spire of king’s college chapel in cambridge and that of the cathedral of ss p...
Charlie Hart
Portugal's pro-lifers face an uphill battle to stop euthanasia
euthanasia is a step closer to being legalised in portugal, following elections that took place on october 6, which strengthened the three p...
Filipe D'Avillez
Argentina's new Peronist rulers may take on the Church over abortion
pope francis’s native argentina has swung sharply to the left in its recent general election. amid a deep economic crisis, conservative pres...
Jon Anderson
'An unassailable principle': Clergy back parental rights on sex education
catholic parents who want their children to know the truth of human sexuality may, at times, feel overwhelmed by a popular culture saturated...
Simon Caldwell
How books kept a broken nation's soul alive
syria’s secret library by mike thomson weidenfeld, 320pp, £18.99/$28 it was because of my love of books as well as my passion for human righ...
Benedict Rogers
To win, the pro-life movement must be both more secular and more religious
the anti-abortion movement is in a strange place. on the one hand, roe v wade might soon be substantially weakened by the us supreme court, ...
Ben Conroy
The Supreme Court, gender dysphoria, and the plight of parents
a rally was recently held on the steps of the supreme court timed to coincide with oral arguments in rg & gr harris funeral homes inc v ...
The Catholic Herald
How a school's 'mafia' culture enabled abuse
the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa), which has been running since 2014, is gradually assembling the most detailed pictur...
Dan Hitchens
Northern Ireland is facing a social revolution no one voted for
last month, two new laws were passed for northern ireland. the laws did not originate in the assembly; no northern irish party won an electi...
Dan Hitchens
The best of the web: Iceland's booming Church, Quietism, and perfect contrition
iceland’s churches are filling up fast in 1994, iceland’s catholics made up just one per cent of the population, wrote lea müller at the rey...
Staff writers
The big story: Amazon synod calls for married priests
what happened? the contentious amazon synod has come to an end, with bishops approving a document that calls for married priests in t...
Staff writers
In ten years we'll know if the synod succeeded
the word “revolutionary” has been overused since the election of pope francis in 2013. but it might apply to the amazon synod which conclude...
The Catholic Herald
The grace within passivity
a friend of mine grew up with five siblings and an alcoholic father. the effect of her father’s alcoholism was devastating on her family. he...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
How to… Avoid idolatry
catholics have always been great destroyers of pagan idols. st artemius, a roman administrator, was executed for vandalising the temples of ...
The Catholic Herald
Pro-life but not Republicans: meet the American Solidarity Party
"we’re a whole year ahead of where we were in 2016,” brian carroll, a retired teacher and candidate for next president of the united states,...
The Catholic Herald
How our Catholic university is making the most of its roots
"diversity" is one of the buzzwords of our age, and those of us in higher education have been vigorous in advocating it. the news that st ma...
John Charmley
Critics of Scotland's Catholic schools have forgotten the nation's history
the debate surrounding catholic schools in scotland is back. a former senior police officer, a famous football commentator and prominent fig...
The Catholic Herald
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