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Benedict XVI: a teacher for the whole world
it was the morning of 19 april 2005, and i was in north carolina. i was a senior at duke divinity school and was in duke chapel with my spir...
Matthew Olver
The many parallels between the boxing ring and the spiritual life
martial arts, boxing and the catholic faith seem unlikely bedfellows. once again british heavyweight tyson “gypsy king” fury has retained hi...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
A Protestant attempt to establish a version of Catholicism without the papacy in Rome
i have often been the victim of swot analysis – away-days with colleagues where we are forced to reflect on strengths and weaknesses, opport...
Dr Mark Chapman
Father Brown and the Mystery of Chesterton
with due deference to the originator of the latest foray in to the world of father brown, i doubt many devotees of gk chesterton’s clerical ...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
Benedict XVI: Compassion without compromise
it was thursday 18 august, 2005, and we were on the banks of the rhine in cologne. hand in hand, my friend and i had run, squealing, back an...
Margaret Nicholson
Defenders of the Faith: The British Monarchy, Religion and the Next Coronation
catherine pepinster hodder and stoughton, £25, 352 pages on october 11, 1521 leo x con- ferred the title fidei defensor on henry viii for hi...
William Davage
January blues
my father and i have a long-running minor disagreement about which is the worst month. for me, it’s january. you’re back to work after chris...
Niall Gooch
Our Lady and the Holy Spirit
as the latest pew research census has shown that the catholic church is haemorrhaging people to pentecostalism in south america, it has to p...
Gavin Ashenden
The Story of the Wise Men continues to intrigue and inspire
snow really does bring out my inner imp. i’ve known it in wales, in london, in oxford, in the united states – the impulse to mischief has al...
Serenhedd James
Offering up our suffering helps us unite with Christ
i have a wonderful friend called anna whom i met at my local church about two years ago. i was new to the area and it was my first time at m...
Olenka Hamilton
On the Eighth Day of Christmas: Starting anew
on the solemnity of mary, mother of god, mother winsome sbvm reflects on the ups and downs of the community life that she has led since she ...
Mother Winsome
Benedict XVI: how my time as a humanitarian aid worker led me to his writings
in 2008 i returned to ireland after five years working around the world on international humanitarian programmes – in afghanistan, north kor...
Dualta Roughneen
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: 1927-2022
it is anomalous that joseph ratzinger—who was pope benedict xvi from 2005 to 2013, and afterwards pope emeritus until his death at the vatic...
The Catholic Herald
Church mourns death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
the catholic church is today mourning the death today of pope emeritus benedict xvi. the 95-year-old german former pope died at 9.34 am loca...
Simon Caldwell
The King's Christmas message struck the perfect note for our multi-faith society
gavin ashenden’s recent post in respect of the king’s christmas message 2022 asks whether the king has sowed the destruction of the house of...
Mark Jenkins
The Rupnik Scandal: Leading canonist dissects handling of startling case
(rome) ever since the fr rupnik scandal broke earlier this month — alleging that the slovenian jesuit artist serially abused women religious...
Diana Montagna
The Christmas speech that defines the King as a 'defender of faiths'
has king charles sowed the seeds of the destruction of the house of windsor? dramatically this year the king’s speech refers not just to a f...
Gavin Ashenden
On the Second Day of Christmas: The Feast of Stephen
veteran theologian and herald contributor john barton unpicks the message of the paradox that is st stephen's day: when the liturgical theme...
Dr John Barton
Following St Joseph's example as Christmas draws near
the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him emmanuel, a name which means ‘god is with us’. in the final we...
Fr Mark Vickers
Pope warns race-baiters against 'appropriation' of Our Lady of Guadalupe
on the feast day of our lady of guadalupe earlier this week, pope francis, celebrating in the vatican, offered some helpful insights into ho...
Gavin Ashenden
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