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Former Queen's chaplain to become Catholic
an outspoken former chaplain to the queen is to convert to catholicism on the fourth sunday of advent this year. gavin ashenden resigned his...
Nick Hallett
Dorothy Day: A saint in the making
we are all interested in lives of the saints – those extraordinary men and women who show the rest of us what it really means (and costs) to...
Francis Phillips
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, december 15 : the third sunday of advent is 35:1-6a, 10; ps 146; jas 5:7-10; mt 11:2-11 mo...
The Catholic Herald
How to… Join a Confraternity of the Cord
confraternities of the cord are ancient associations of catholics who wear cords, cinctures or belts in devotion to a saint whom they wish t...
The Catholic Herald
Gaudete Sunday is a glimpse of the joy that lies ahead
the third sunday of advent is nicknamed “gaudete sunday” from the first word of the entrance chant, or introit: rejoice! today we relax slig...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
What's happened to French Catholic literature?
there was a time when the names of french catholic writers sprang easily to mind. if pressed, most could identify, say, françois mauriac, ge...
The Catholic Herald
Catholics must speak against China's repression
on november 26, bishop john fang xingyao declared, “love for the homeland must be greater than the love for the church.” it is not the kind ...
Matthew Schmitz
A closed inner-city church is reborn
now, as i am back home at our friary in manhattan, i am reflecting upon what i witnessed on my recent visit to my fellow franciscan friars o...
The Catholic Herald
The best of the web: Error in the Catechism, private property, the Miraculous Medal
the authority of an official catechism there are many catechisms, but what kind of authority do they have? at crisis, charles coulomb...
Staff writers
DC basilica attack leaves 'Mary's Shrine' shaken, and at prayer
a violent attack at “mary’s shrine” in washington d.c. on tuesday shook the community and prompted prayer and solidarity among staff and reg...
Matt Hadro/CNA
Peoria bishop announces novena for Venerable Sheen's sainthood cause
bishop daniel jenky of peoria is inviting the faithful to pray a novena beginning december 12 to "petition god unceasingly" that archbishop ...
Catholic News Agency
Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC (1935-2019) – Catholic Editor Extraordinaire
father paul stenhouse msc, who died in sydney on november 19 at the age of 83, was the doyen of australian catholic editors. his reputation,...
Karl Schmude
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, december 8 : the second sunday of advent is 11:1-10; ps 72; rom 15:4-9; mt 3:1-12 monday, decemb...
The Catholic Herald
The Bible: can we avoid the pick'n'mix trap?
what are biblical values? by john f collins yale university press, 285pp, £22/$28 a venerable idea lies at the heart of john collins’s guide...
Jonathan Wright
Masked wrestlers and the padlock saint
mexico city: cradle of empires by nick caistor reaktion, 240pp, £14.99/$20 mexico city has not had a very good press. one of the largest cit...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
How the supernatural took second place in the Church
christus vincit by bishop athanasius schneider and diane montagna angelico press, 338pp, £16.50/$20 when the soviets sought to describe the ...
Jane Stannus
Letters: We can't let our musical standards fall
we can’t let our musical standards fall sir – may i warmly endorse your leading article memorialising the achievements of sir stephen cleobu...
The Catholic Herald
The growing Marian enrichment of the Church's calendar
the addition of a new feast to the universal calendar – our lady of loreto on december 10 – is a reminder of the growing marian enrichment o...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The best of the web: niceness, baptism and emperor-popes
the moral theology of niceness – and anger can you be too friendly, or not angry enough? according to st thomas aquinas, yes, wrote edward f...
The Catholic Herald
The week ahead: Carols, Giving Tuesday and reparation
on wednesday december 4 the catholic herald carol concert takes place at st james’s, spanish place, london. it starts at 7pm and will last a...
The Catholic Herald
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