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Kansas archdiocese defends denying school place to child of same sex-couple
a k-8 catholic school in kansas is defending its decision to deny admission to a kindergarten student who is the child of a same-sex couple,...
Catholic News Agency
After Manning's death, 100,000 paid their respects. No wonder
no one was ever more eager to submit to the judgment of rome than cardinal manning, who served as archbishop of westminster from 1865 to his...
Robert Gray
Heretic of the week: Jan Maria Michał Kowalski
jan maria michał kowalski (1871-1942) was a catholic priest – at least to begin with. born in latowicz, poland, he was ordained in 1897, ser...
Charles Coulombe
Is there any stopping the surrogacy revolution?
one way to keep up with the state of progressive thought is to browse the new releases from verso books. this year they promise titles such ...
Ben Sixsmith
Catholic voters are likely to face an unappetising choice in 2020
last march, cardinal timothy dolan wrote an op-ed in the wall street journal headlined “the democrats abandon catholics”. the archbishop of ...
Michael Warren Davis
The government faces a growing parental rebellion
for most catholic parents a time will come when, sitting on the sofa at home watching pre-watershed primetime family television, for instanc...
Simon Caldwell
The week in quotations
"a great tragedy" pope emeritus benedict xvi on the conflict in ukraine meeting with archbishop shevchuk "the teaching of morals at the greg...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Family fast day, Francis's sixth anniversary, Pell sentencing
one way to help the needy this lent is to join cafod’s family fast day on friday march 15. the idea is to eat a simple meal – a bowl of soup...
Staff writers
Tennessee bishops oppose 'Heartbeat Bill' over legal concerns
the catholic bishops of tennessee have voiced their opposition to a fetal heartbeat law being considered in the state and instead urged alte...
Catholic News Agency
Where do Ash Wednesday ashes come from?
“remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.” or, “repent and believe in the gospel.” on ash wednesday, millions of catholics throug...
Mary Rezac/CNA
Christian charity must be supported by prayer, says Pope
fidelity to christ is the "secret" to every effective work of christian charity, so every activity of outreach to the poor and suffering sho...
Catholic News Service
US bishops' pro-life chief: pro-abortion politicians should not receive communion
for their own good, catholic politicians who support abortion must not receive communion, the chair of the us bishops’ pro-life committee ha...
Staff Reporter
Why clerical beards divide the Eastern and Western Church
the wearing of beards by clergy is a topic historically fraught with contradiction. but before we explore those contradictions, i owe you th...
Charles Coulombe
Private education is unfair, but is there anything we can do about it?
engines of privilege by francis green and david kynaston bloomsbury, 320pp, £20/$28 gilded youth by james brooke-smith reaktion, 272pp, £18/...
Harry Mount
Letters & emails
a papal visit and a war the world forgot sir – why don’t we care about yemen? the question is posed following your coverage (february 8 edit...
The Catholic Herald
St Paul can help us tackle the curse of opioid addiction
i first learned about the opioid affliction in america on reading jd vance’s marvellous memoir hillbilly elegy – his story about growing up ...
Mary Kenny
How to survive a secular workplace
one of the alarming effects of living in a society less and less beholden to traditional christian morality is that many catholics find them...
William Newton
The most distressing thing about the Jussie Smollett case
the police reckon jussie smollett made it all up. they say the black, gay, openly 36-year-old actor orchestrated an assault on his person – ...
Tim Stanley
When was the last time you set aside an hour for self-examination?
before he was elected pope, joseph ratzinger spoke of socrates as “in a certain respect the prophet of jesus christ”. he saw him as a philos...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
Will the abuse summit be a turning point for the Church?
the vatican’s clerical abuse summit was many things at the same time, some of them contradictory. the summit was the sixth major initiative ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
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