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Four religious martyred in Democratic Republic of Congo beatified
three xaverian missionaries martyred alongside a local priest in the democratic republic of congo in 1964 were recently beatified during a m...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Catholics back ‘Mandela Act’ in California to limit solitary confinement
new york – as time runs out for california governor gavin newsom to act on legislation that would limit the use of solitary confinement in t...
johnlavenburg
The Catholic religiosity of James Tissot’s visionary art attracted adoration and scorn
fully appreciating the catholic content in the art of the frenchman james tissot (1836 –1902) may be a matter of faith. his 365 illustration...
Benjamin Ivry
Summer reads recommended by the Catholic Herald (Part 1)
it’s that time of year again, hence we asked a number of the herald’s friends and contributors to share with readers those books, whether ol...
The Catholic Herald
Taking stock of the UK riots: Catholicism and the crisis of Anglo-Celtic identity
anti-immigrant riots in the united kingdom. election hysteria in the united states. both are symptoms of a crisis of anglo-celtic identity, ...
John Milbank
Saints upset people: the cause of World War II heroine Sybil Kathigasu
saints upset people. it is surely impossible to live a life of heroic virtue without igniting the wrath of the wicked. even the relatively g...
jamesroberts
Holy Land’s top Catholic turns to upcoming Feast of the Assumption after Israel’s latest military strike
the latin patriarch of jerusalem has issued an appeal for prayer during the upcoming feast of the assumption of mary in response to the late...
Elise Allen
Songs of Praise: when it comes to prayer, the Psalms provide something for everyone
the idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. they have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see no...
Fra Max Rumney
The Pontifical Academy for Life and the wisdom of perspective on end-of-life care
demonstrators pray for terri schiavo outside a courthouse in march 2005 . ap rome – hard cases, as the famous legal maxim holds, make bad la...
John L Allen
Pope Francis calls Chinese "a great people" and engages with criticisms of his papacy
rome – in a new interview with the jesuit province of china, pope francis expressed his desire to visit the country and spoke of his admirat...
Elise Allen
Young Catholic 'Rocky' TikToker who took on renowned Protestant theologian – and won
in the movie classic rocky a humble, poor, local boxer is picked to fight world heavyweight champion apollo creed – and wins against all the...
Heather Tomlinson
Vatican approves devotion to 16th-century Vailankanni Marian shrine in India
the vatican continues to make progress in wading through its backlog of requests for rulings on alleged marian apparitions and other spiritu...
Elise Allen
Don’t despair at Last Supper parody: Paris still has a beating heart of faith
it’s hard to stand up in front of a sunday mass congregation and announce that in the coming week you’re going on pilgrimage to paris (and t...
Albert Robertson OP
EDITORIAL: It's a reckoning when there is only one seminarian for the whole of Dublin
the maxim that the sins of the fathers are visited on the sons is true in a particularly grim sense in ireland where, in the archdiocese of ...
The Catholic Herald
Pope celebrates special Vespers at his favourite Rome basilica
for the first time in his 11-year papacy pope francis marked the feast of the dedication of his favourite roman basilica by celebrating vesp...
Elise Allen
‘Theatre of Satan’: Cardinal Burke condemns Last Supper parody in Paris
cardinal raymond burke has become one of the highest-ranking catholic church officials to address the "abominable mockery" during the openin...
The Catholic Herald
Reparations prayed for Paris: Catholics organise Rosary by French consulate in Edinburgh – another planned for London
a group of catholics gathered outside the french consulate on west parliament square in edinburgh to pray the rosary in “reparation for the ...
Tom Colsy
How Simone Weil became a 'slave' of Christ
"i was alone,” simone weil wrote. “it was evening and there was a full moon over the sea.” in august 1935, weil was in a small portuguese vi...
Nick Ripatrazone
London’s beloved Farm Street Church celebrating its 175th anniversary on 31 July
farm street church is putting on a special evening mass to celebrate both st ignatius day and the 175th anniversary of the church's opening ...
The Catholic Herald
FEATURE: An encounter with the resilience and spirituality of Lebanon's enigmatic Maronite Catholics
“the innocent man will flourish as the palm-tree flourishes; he will grow to greatness as the cedars grow on lebanon.” (psalm 91:13) after a...
Tom Colsy
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