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Dante and the sanctification of love
we need to look afresh at the whole idea of falling in love. the present cultural anarchy that has come to surround relationships has evolve...
Gavin Ashenden
Philokalia: Volume 5, reviewed by Mark Jenkins
philokalia: volume 5 ed. kallistos ware faber & faber, £30, 324 pages the much-anticipated fifth volume of an english translation of the...
Mark Jenkins
Letter from the Editor: Crisis in the Church and growth for the Herald
i enjoyed reading peter frankopan’s diary for this issue, in which he admits that writing a book is a “very spiritual experience”. after his...
William Cash
"More roast muskrat, Your Grace?" Fasting and abstinence comes in all shapes and sizes
in 1966 pope paul vi issued the apostolic constitution pænitemini , which rather radically changed the rules on fasting and abstinence...
Fr James Bradley
To have and to hold: the beauty of medieval ivories
sarah guerin helps us understand more deeply the trade and role of medieval devotional ivories, writes emma edwards. a few weeks ago i was f...
Emma Edwards
The Sixteen's Harry Christophers on Lent, lyrics, and life
on a perishingly cold day i find myself talking with harry christophers, the world-acclaimed conductor and director of the sixteen, about le...
Serenhedd James
Holy Communion from the chalice to return on Holy Thursday
holy communion under both species is to be reintroduced into catholic parishes from the holy thursday mass of the lord’s supper. the bishops...
Simon Caldwell
Mary and Joseph were guided by goodness
during lent we should look to the model obedience of mary and joseph. the month of march falls entirely within lent this year, but there are...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
A tribute to Mgr Alfred Gilbey
miles pattenden revisits the legacy of mgr alfred gilbey, a quarter of a century after his death. march 26 this year marks the 25th annivers...
Miles Pattenden
Liverpool and Leeds crack down on Latin Mass in parish churches
the bishops of liverpool and leeds have cancelled traditional latin masses in their parish churches in the wake of further restrictions on a...
Simon Caldwell
Letter from Rome: the Roche rescript comes with all the zeal of Saul the Pharisee
cardinal arthur roche, prefect of the dicastery for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments (photo: marcin mazur) vatican city s...
Diana Montagna
The deeper we enter into Lent the harder we find it - but the rewards are immeasurable
in the fight against injustice, the targets have always been relative to the aim. the suffragettes targeted those denying women the right to...
Katherine Bennett
Why the Catholic Herald's next 'camino' is heading to Fátima
following a successful summer pilgrimage to santiago de compostela in north-western spain, the famous sanctuary of fátima in central po...
James Jeffrey
Same-sex blessings vote shows the CoE favours secular consensus over Christianity
we don’t know who coined the phrase: “whoever was first to discover water, it wasn’t the fish.” but einstein liked it enough to borrow it: “...
Gavin Ashenden
The problem with a 'gender-neutral' God
the church of england bishops, we are told, are going to debate whether god should be gender neutral, and thus not referred to as "he" or "f...
Katherine Bennett
Bishop Barron: The teachings of the Church Fathers are our 'spiritual weapons' - it is madness to throw them away
( photograph: catholic herald columnist katherine bennett helped organise bishop barron's uk tour ) i have been watching bishop barron onlin...
Katherine Bennett
Bishops launch new 'academically rigorous' Religious Education Directory
education consultant edmund adamus explains what the catholic education service's new directory will mean for catholic schools in england an...
Edmund Adamus
On Pilgrimage With: Georgina, Duchess of Norfolk
where would you go? almost certainly it would have to be to walsingham, medjugorje and fatima. would you make any special stops? absol...
The Catholic Herald
List: Pope Benedict XVI's best quotes
on the petrine ministry at the beginning of his ministry in the church of rome which peter bathed in his blood, peter’s current successor ta...
The Catholic Herald
In the presence of the Angels: Benedict XVI's theology of Church music
liturgy is central to the legacy of pope benedict xvi – and music was central to his vision of liturgical renewal. in an address to the eigh...
Sara Pecknold
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