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The Irish border is already ambiguous
fears are sometimes expressed that if brexit goes pear-shaped, and the united kingdom leaves the eu without a deal, terrorism could return t...
Mary Kenny
The moral theory that failed – but is now back in fashion
you don’t have to be a catholic theologian, journalist or even that much of a church-watcher to understand that there has been a battle afoo...
Fr Thomas Berg
After Tafida, will courts finally listen to parents?
it must have come as quite a shock to the doctors in the tafida raqeeb case that a court was finally prepared to ignore their conviction tha...
Ann Widdecombe
Meet the 'holy quartet' of women saints canonised with Newman
john henry newman’s extraordinary influence on the church – and well beyond it – ensured that his canonisation on october 13 received intern...
William Doino Jr
Should Catholics still back the European Convention on Human Rights?
catholics have often made common cause with the promoters of human rights. and with good reason: as leo xiii argued in rerum novarum (1891),...
Andrew Tettenborn
Decorations are going up already. They'll lose their charm by Christmas
the general election is under way, which means ’tis the season of knocking on doors and invading the homes of strangers. of course we all he...
Ann Widdecombe
What Elgar had in common with the creator of Gerontius
sir edward elgar (1857-1934) is often caricatured as an establishment figure, while in truth he was a sensitive outsider. born near worceste...
Peter Davison
Letters: Muslims are looking to bishops for support on sex education
muslim community is looking to bishops sir – professor david paton’s warning to catholic bishops to support parents in standing up to state ...
The Catholic Herald
The glory and the awkwardness of Newman's first trip to Rome after his conversion
when john henry newman travels to rome as the church’s most famous convert in october 1846, the vatican offers him a freshly decorated apart...
David Twiston Davies
How Ireland changed Newman
while john henry newman is regarded as the most english of saints, his story is intimately connected to ireland. it is perhaps inevitable th...
The Catholic Herald
Is Notre Dame a safe space for outspoken Catholics?
a hard-edged protest at america’s top catholic university has some conservative students fearing for their safety and wondering why the admi...
Jordan Bloom
Does Tafida's victory offer hope for other parents?
any day now, tafida raqeeb will be airlifted out of britain for treatment at a specialist children’s hospital in italy. her parents, shelina...
Simon Caldwell
The best of the web: de-transitioning, young pro-lifers, Catholic refugees
trans people who ‘seek to reverse the process’ many transgender people who have had surgery to “change their sex” are now seeking to reverse...
Staff writers
Why 'wokeness' leaves no room for forgiveness
the madness of crowds by douglas murray bloomsbury continuum, 288pp, £20/$28 søren kierkegaard once wrote that “where there is a crowd, ther...
Jack Carrigan
To fend off the left, conservatives should look to Poland
poland’s ruling law and justice party is one of the most popular right-leaning parties in the west. it is also one of the most innovative. i...
Matthew Schmitz
Catholic schools break the cycle of poverty. Why are they being targeted?
it is a grand washington, dc tradition. every year, on the first sunday in october, catholic and non-catholic dignitaries alike gather at st...
The Catholic Herald
The JPII Institute changes have US thinkers up in arms
substantial changes to the faculty and curriculum of the john paul ii institute in rome have alarmed american catholic philosophers. the cha...
Jordan Bloom
Is Britain about to legalise the selling of babies?
culturally, it seems a lifetime ago when the catholic church in britain withdrew from its work in adoption and foster care after finding its...
Simon Caldwell
Overlooked: Sex education for six-year-olds criticised
what happened? british children aged six are being taught about “self-stimulation” of “private parts”, the mail on sunday has revealed. the ...
Staff writers
Catholics have new allies against the sexual revolution. That's a mixed blessing
the new politics of sex by stephen baskerville angelico, 408pp, £18/$25 it turns out religious traditionalists aren’t the only ones finding ...
The Catholic Herald
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