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US Benedictine nuns purchase and move into historic English abbey – now hoping to pay off debt
a group of religious sisters from the benedictines of mary, queen of the apostles in the united states are now settled in staffordshire, eng...
Tom Colsy
Canonisation dates for Blesseds Acutis and Frassati confirmed by Pope Francis
pope francis during his weekly general audience announced the canonisation dates of two of the catholic church’s most popular young saints-i...
Elise Allen
World's tallest statue of St Patrick lit red to highlight persecution of Christians
the world's tallest statue of the patron saint of ireland has been illuminated in red to highlight the plight of persecuted christians along...
The Catholic Herald
Jesus knew how to deploy a military metaphor for his mission to Hades
"when you see these things happening: know that he is near, at the very gates." (mark 13:29) which gates is jesus talking of in sunday’s gos...
Fr David Howell
Why we must recover St Thomas Becket: Catholic England's standard bearer against secular tyranny
in august 2023, one of the foremost newspapers in the united kingdom exhumed an old contention from the dirt after it featured a curious sto...
Tom Colsy
Letters to the Editor: Euthanasia in Belgium 'is so out of control we are killing depressed teenagers’
clear warning sir – here in belgium many of my friends, catholics and non-catholics alike, are watching the recent developments in the uk pa...
Catholic Herald Readers
Be compassionate: Assisted suicide statement of bishops of England, Wales and Scotland in full
as catholic bishops in england and wales, and in scotland, we believe that genuine compassion is under threat because of the attempts in par...
The Catholic Herald
The curious case of the priest defrocked, re-frocked and defrocked again
rome – while many have taken the strange case of argentine ex-priest ariel alberto príncipi as a classic example of a turf war between compe...
Elise Allen
Sigrid Undset: a genius and the greatest Catholic writer you’ve never heard of
norwegian novelist sigrid undset’s nobel prize-winning the master of hestviken could be the greatest work of catholic literature you’ve neve...
Tom Colsy
From England to Taizé: Interview with famous community's British prior on finding peace and ecumenism
in 927 a benedictine monk named odo was appointed abbot of cluny, a recently founded abbey in burgundy, france. he refused to take the appoi...
Thomas Edwards
Rod Dreher's solution to our spiritual and theological crisis is most persuasive one out there
when rod dreher's book the benedict option was published it produced two reactions. the first was from people who were immediately convinced...
Gavin Ashenden
Vatican's Christmas tree controversy over 'Green Giant'
this year's supply of christmas trees to decorate the vatican during advent and christmastide is not going smoothly. one might think that of...
Crux Staff
We must guard against confusing Christianity with the secular 'cult' of Remembrance Day
across the united kingdom last weekend, catholic churches celebrated mass on remembrance sunday. at the mass i attended, the priest spoke mo...
Anthony McCarthy
Scorsese's candid message to Christians: "Faith and doubt are inseparable."
at the launch of his new television series about the saints, including joan of arc and john the baptist, academy award winning director mart...
John Cookson
Following the science on the Shroud of Turin: A skeptical scholar's overview of the surprising mound of evidence suggesting authenticity
once again, history’s most mysterious relic is in the news. according to scientists at an italian research facility, the shroud of turin is ...
John Cornwell
The long and faithful history of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street:
the importance of the church of our lady of the assumption and st gregory in the history of catholicism in london over the past three centur...
Monsignor Keith Newton
Assisted suicide will hurt us all, says Leeds Bishop
the bishop of leeds has today urged the people of his diocese to ask their mps to vote against assisted suicide, warning that assisted suici...
Olenka Hamilton
Opening the Bible for spiritual growth
there are many and various ways for us to approach and encounter god. there is no one means of prayer has a monopoly over our journey to god...
Fr Jeffrey Kirby C
'Hear, O Israel': today's readings at Mass
to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more importan...
Fr David Howell
Pope Francis' surprising propagation of an important and traditional devotion
pope francis is full of surprises, and the latest is his encyclical on that sometimes unfashionable aspect of catholic devotion, the sacred ...
The Catholic Herald
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