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How to go on a 'digital retreat'
asceticism has always been a key component of catholic spirituality. following the example of its founder, jesus christ, catholicism has alw...
The Catholic Herald
The question no Catholic can avoid
the lutheran pastor and humorist hans fiene recently remarked “the most obnoxious protestants in the world are liberal boomer catholics.” th...
C C Pecknold
'No one enjoys their first glass of beer': Cardinal Hume's advice on prayer
to answer the question, “why does cardinal basil hume’s spirituality still speak to people today?”, i remember something he once told the pr...
The Catholic Herald
The closure of Carfin Grotto's visitor centre is a warning to Catholics
the closure of a pilgrimage centre at a marian shrine in scotland is a sad but seemingly inevitable sign of the times. more than 5,000 peopl...
Simon Caldwell
I'm not surprised the secular Sunday Assembly didn't work out
once, you couldn’t move for people talking up the sunday assembly. these are secular gatherings, first held in london in 2013, which replica...
Melanie McDonagh
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, august 18 : 20th sunday in ordinary time jer 38:4-6, 8-10; ps 40; heb 12:1-4; lk 12:49...
The Catholic Herald
How to… keep up with the lectionary
on september 30, the feast of st jerome, the bishops of england and wales will unveil a programme of events for the 2020 year of the word, w...
The Catholic Herald
Why we need good hymns
one of the legacies of my anglican background is a love of hymns. i am grateful for the rich tradition of hymn-writing and singing, which ha...
Fr Matthew Pittam
In Christ, all our hopes and longings will be satisfied
the collect for the 20th ordinary sunday, already in the 8th century gelasian sacramentary, is also in the 1962 missale romanum for the 5th ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Why Jesus says he brings fire to the earth
the 20th sunday of the year jer 38:4-6 & 8-10; heb 12:1-4; luke 12:49-53 (year c) "let jeremiah be put to death: he is unquestionably di...
Bishop David McGough
The popes who waged war
the pope’s army by john carr pen and sword military, 320pp, £25/$39.95 it remains a paradox, some might say a scandalous paradox, that the c...
Piers Paul Read
Letters: I'm lucky to have access to both the old and new Mass
the best of both worlds sir – i am not young, but i am new in the catholic church. consequently, unlike francis beswick (letters, augus...
The Catholic Herald
Liturgy wars? Younger Catholics just want reverence
as a high church anglican who climbed fairly high up the candlestick, i developed a great appreciation for the ancient church at prayer. it ...
Fr Michael Rennier
Diary: Prince Harry's new wokeness reminds me of John Lennon
"no way!" i shrieked. “absolutely not!” i had walked into the lounge on saturday afternoon, while my husband had been clearing out the spare...
Madeleine Teahan
The week ahead: St Monica, passion play, Divine Mercy
august 27 is the feast of st monica, the mother of st augustine, whose prayers did so much to bring about his conversion. the diocese of wil...
Staff writers
The Catholic naval hero descended from St Thomas More
today he is little remembered. but admiral sir henry harwood made a crucial early contribution during the second world war: he injected a vi...
David Twiston Davies
Heretic of the week: Dolores Ibarruri
dolores ibarruri (1895-1989) – better known as la pasionaria – was an icon to the communists and socialists of the 1936-39 spanish civil war...
Charles Coulombe
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, august 11 : 19th sunday in ordinary time wis 18:6-9; ps 33; heb 11:1-2, 8-19; lk 12:3...
The Catholic Herald
What I learned from celebrating Mass in the Ordinariate Use
i am a priest of the personal ordinariate of our lady of walsingham, having been part of the first group of former anglican clergy to be ord...
Fr Matthew Pittam
The audacity of Holy Communion
early this week we literally observe the “tears of st lawrence”, the annual perseid meteor shower which hovers over that mighty deacon’s fea...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
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