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Texas priest who slandered Pope Francis removed by San Antonio archbishop

new york – a priest in texas who recently called pope francis a “usurper” has had his faculties for public ministry removed by archbishop gu...

What Benedict XVI meant to me and my sisters

i was in our community chapel, just before mass, when i received a message that pope emeritus benedict xvi had died. my immediate reaction w...

The Church and the Crown: Catholicism and the English Monarchy

after four and a half centuries, is all at last forgiven? in east hendred in oxfordshire a catholic church and presbytery sit opposite each ...

Serenhedd James

From the vault: Eire Anois Of Patrick's bell, crozier, goat, penance, hymn and fire

this piece b y terence j. sheehy originally appeared in the 16 march 1973 issue of the catholic herald, and is lightly edited here for clari...

Terence J. Sheehy

Bishop Mark Davies welcomes Pope’s new encyclical on Sacred Heart of Jesus as a ‘great gift’

the bishop of shrewsbury has praised pope francis’ fourth encyclical letter  dilexit nos , welcoming the pope's reflections on the sacr...

The Catholic Herald

Letters: Open the church doors; when people can 'encounter Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament' it can make converts

open the doors sir – when i travel around england, i find it disappointing and upsetting that more often than not the catholic churches in t...

Catholic Herald Readers

'Do not kowtow to this evil': a Chinese Catholic speaks out as senior Communist-endorsed bishop visits Hong Kong

we hear a lot about china these days : from official vatican narratives surrounding the effectiveness of the controversial sino-vatican pact...

The Catholic Herald

The Holy Land: joy of the whole earth

the pointed arch has never previously found the need to abandon the safe shores of england in its search for suitable subject matter. howeve...

Fit for a King: the beginnings of Christian iconography

charles scribner reflects on the beginnings of christian iconography, starting at the crib. ever since i was a schoolboy soprano, my favouri...

Charles Scribner

Nigerian bishop laments continuing insecurity since seminarian's killing a year ago

sokoto, nigeria, feb 15, 2021 / 07:19 pm mt ( cna ) .- one year after the burial of michael nnadi, an 18-year-old nigerian seminarian abduct...

Magdalene Kahiu CNA

A Hebridean wander with Kenneth Clark

at school in the late 1970s, practically the only television we were allowed to watch was kenneth clark’s civilisation on sunday afternoons ...

Of the Holy Spirit and conclave

almost my first act as i stood on the verge of being received into the catholic church, was to buy a book on the worst popes throughout hist...

Order of Malta elects Canadian lawyer as new Grand Master

john dunlap, a canadian lawyer, was yesterday elected as the 81st grand master of the order of malta, the first professed knight from the am...

The Catholic Herald

Click and connect

being a part of notre dame’s “digital generation” student body, i cannot remember a time when information and contact with a friend or famil...

Messi: World Cup win a 'gift from God'

soccer hero lionel messi yesterday declared the world cup victory of argentina over france as a gift from god. he told journalists in qatar ...

Priest stabbed during Mass in Singapore

mumbai, india – a priest in singapore was stabbed by a knife-wielding man during mass on saturday evening. father christopher lee, 57, is th...

Pope Francis asks Catholics to join prayer for peace in the Holy Land

pope francis thanked god for the cease-fire agreed to in the holy land, adding a prayer “for the pursuit of paths of dialogue and peace.” he...

‘Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism’ highlights constant Catholic thread through historical upheavals

despite the resulting popular legend, protestant reform in great britain did not consign catholicism to historical oblivion; for too long, b...

Turning into (im)mortality: An Ash Wednesday sermon

a woman participates in the celebration of ash wednesday at the cathedral in managua, on march 1, 2017. (photo credit: inti ocon/afp/getty i...

Richard Cipolla

Two more priests kidnapped in Nigeria

fr john ubaechu parish priest of holy family church, izombe, imo state was kidnapped on sunday 24 th  march following the abduction of ...

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