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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
On to the manger: the Eparch of London on Advent
in 2020, and even into 2021, so many travel plans were cancelled or had to be postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic. i vividly recall the h...
Kenneth Nowakowski
Space, time, and incarnation
among the starker distinctions between catholicism and most protestant traditions are their respective theologies of the role of material, t...
Ken Craycraft
The rise of Protestantism in Latin America
liberation sexuality is no more successful than liberation theology , writes gavin ashenden “the vatican is losing the largest catholic coun...
Gavin Ashenden
Bishop quits after finding role 'too great a burden'
pope francis has accepted the resignation of the bishop of hexham and newcastle who has quit almost a decade before he was due to retire, sa...
Simon Caldwell
Already, and not yet: waiting for the coming of Christ
there’s something about advent which speaks to the hearts of us all. because advent is two things. it is a season which is incredibly specia...
Fr Mark Vickers
Vatican treats for the Christmas table
those wonderful boys in the swiss guard have done it again. after the vatican cookbook of 2016, which must by now surely be in every catholi...
Alicia Godfrey
The profound and insightful mind of Peter Kreeft
few, if any, catholic philosophers are as prolific as the american professor, peter kreeft. over the course of his 85 years, 57 as a profess...
Ken Craycraft
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