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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
After the Apocalypse, an Anglican theocracy
the second sleep by robert harris hutchinson, 320pp, £20/$26.95 a new book by robert harris is a joyful event, for he has repeatedly proven ...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
A new male order inspired by the Tyburn Nuns forges ahead
the newly formed tyburn monks order has formally begun its novitiate at a ceremony at tyburn convent, london. two colombian priests received...
Simon Caldwell
Priestly celibacy has dominated the first half of the synod
the first week of the special assembly of the synod of bishops for the amazon is in the books. by the time this edition reaches newsstands, ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from the Mexican border to Manila
washington, dc little sisters appeal against contraceptive mandate the little sisters of the poor have filed a petition with the supreme cou...
Staff writers
Quotes of the week
"we see so much ambiguity … it would seem many would promote it as a new mark of the catholic church: one, holy, catholic, apostolic and amb...
Staff writers
The big story: John Henry Newman declared a saint
what happened? john henry newman has been declared the first non-martyr english saint since the 14th century. at a mass of canonisation in t...
Staff writers
Duterte's crisis is an opportunity for the Church
the drugs war in the philippines is a “sham”, a bishop declared last week in one of the strongest critiques by a churchman since the conflic...
The Catholic Herald
October 18, 2019
The Catholic Herald
The arrival of refugees, old and new
the religious congregation to which i belong, the missionary oblates of mary immaculate, has had a long relationship with the indigenous peo...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon
dominion by tom holland little, brown, 624pp, £25/$32 the romans are the most “epic” figures in history, as my son says about anything aweso...
Ed West
A Vatican money mystery that leads back to London
the vatican police “raided” offices in the secretariat of state and the financial oversight office known as the financial information author...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Baton Rouge to Belfast
steubenville, ohio new university president hopes for ‘unity’ the new president of the franciscan university of steubenville has said he hop...
Staff writers
Quotes of the week
"one of england’s great intellects being declared a saint is beyond a once-in-a-lifetime event" sir edward leigh press release from parliame...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: marathon nun and feathered headdresses
“i’m kind of an extreme person,” sister stephanie baliga says. the franciscan is about to run her tenth marathon. it’s a way to raise money ...
Staff writers
Overlooked: 'Uncrowned king of Poland' to be beatified
what happened? the late polish cardinal stefan wyszyński will be beatified, after pope francis gave official vatican approval to a miracle b...
Staff writers
October 11, 2019
The Catholic Herald
How Ireland became a suburb of Hollywood
richard devane sj by martin walsh messenger publications, 176pp, £23/$24.50 for many irish people nowadays, flicking through the pages of ma...
Michael Duggan
Chirac's funeral showed the media are more judgmental than the Church
there was a time when the catholic church might decline to bestow a full christian burial on individuals whose public lives were judged to b...
Mary Kenny
A 'very dark day' prompts Australia's biggest ever pro-life rally
after a 72-hour debate, delays and the threat of a leadership spill, new south wales became the final state in australia to decriminalise ab...
Natasha Marsh
World news: from Mexico City to Maputo
grand rapids, michigan adoption agency wins ‘discrimination’ battle a catholic adoption agency has won a court battle against the state of m...
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