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Father Timothy Radcliffe urges moving beyond ‘clericalist’ mindset over women’s ordination

the well known british dominican father timothy radcliffe has urged for a change in perspective over the continually contentious issue of wo...
Elise Allen

Kamala Harris reaches for the Good Samaritan while campaigning in Georgia

vice president kamala harris visited two churches in georgia on sunday as part of her campaign’s “souls to the polls” push to reach voters. ...
The Catholic Herald

The French Left hate their new Interior Minister because he is a man of Catholic convictions

bruno retailleau has only been in his job for a month but already france’s new minister of the interior has become the bête noire of the pro...
Gavin Mortimer

What throne am I looking for? One of glory or of grace?

"allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory." (mark 10:37) what throne am i looking for?  we ...
Fr David Howell

Dvořák’s spirit lives on: How the devoted Catholic composer mixed genuine piety with historical ambiguity

as a catholic composer, antonin dvořák could be surprisingly ambiguous. his patriotic and political allegiance to his bohemian homeland some...
Benjamin Ivry

In Lourdes, all are winners: Heading to the Pyrenees, rolling up sleeves and setting to work with the Order of Malta

it is said that helping out at lourdes may change your life. indeed, this line was quoted at a ceremony for “first-timers” by the grand mast...
William Cash

The Latin Mass Society's Joseph Shaw dreams of starting a pilgrimage in the French Pyrenees

for the “on pilgrimage with” section of the september 2024 edition of the  catholic herald magazine, we spoke to joseph shaw, chairman ...
The Catholic Herald

French archbishop consecrates diocese to Sacred Heart of Jesus ahead of parade of 'Satanic' art

a french archbishop has consecrated his diocese to the sacred heart of jesus in response to the visit of an artistic creation with esoteric ...
Thomas Edwards

Georgina Rodriguez's wildly popular Netflix series is as much about her Catholicism as about the glamour

“this is the jesus i like, the one that moved me during the holy week procession,” says spanish-argentine model and influencer georgina rodr...
CharlotteRobson

JD v. NYT: Vance takes his Catholic Faith to a sceptical New York Times

jd vance gave an account of his conversion to the catholic faith and, to its credit, the new york times was willing – overall – to listen to...
Thomas Edwards

Don't be afraid: Let Jesus's love cut through you like a double-edged sword

"the word of god is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely." (hebrews 4:12) in sunday’s second read...
Fr David Howell

'The last scents of a fading mirror of Eden': Tasting divine love through Cistercian viniculture

there can be few men who have had a larger impact on civilisation with almost no fanfare than the great st bernard of clairvaux: a doctor of...
Brian Scarffe

Poet and author Sally Read dreams of going on pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine in Saskatchewan, Canada

for the "on pilgrimage with" section of the october 2024 edition of the catholic herald magazine, we spoke to sally read, poet, author and e...
The Catholic Herald

Church’s response to assisted suicide Bill gets punchier: Cardinal speaks out

the head of the catholic church in england and wales has issued a pastoral letter on assisted suicide to be read in the churches of the arch...
James Jeffrey

The United States has only one Marian apparition site approved by Vatican

today is the solemnity of the only marian apparition to have occurred in the united states that has been approved by the vatican. the annual...
James Jeffrey

'Irish Madonna' returns to Ireland after Cromwell-enforced exile

galway cathedral has been gifted a unique painting from hungary that speaks to the persecution of catholicism in ireland by the english stat...
James Jeffrey

Without its Christian capstone Europe's edifice will fall apart

"europe is the faith and the faith is europe." david engels, a belgian historian of the roman and other ancient empires, agrees with only th...
John Milbank

What a Habsburg emperor who became a Blessed and has a growing US following can teach today's politicians

twenty years ago, the last reigning emperor of austria and king of hungary was beatified by st pope john paul ii in rome. the legacy of empe...
StephanBaier

EDITORIAL: The telling outcome of the latest round of red-hat roulette

the holy father has done it again: 21 new prelates of his liking to be made cardinals on 8 december. by this stage of the francis papacy the...
The Catholic Herald

‘Shema Yisrael!’ Footage of 7 October attack finally aired by BBC showed God at His finest and worst

human error and evil being what they are, surely each and every day throughout the 365-day year must likely mark some terrible tragedy from ...
James Jeffrey

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