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Like Abraham, we are in search of our homeland
the 19th sunday of the year wis 18:6-9; heb 11:1-2 & 8-19; lk 12:32-48 (year c) "our soul is waiting for the lord. the lord is our help ...
Bishop David McGough
Letters: Being 'born again' cannot just be an emotional experience
to be born again, we need sacraments sir – with the greatest respect, i have to differ quite sharply from fr rolheiser’s article on the mean...
The Catholic Herald
What will you reap? An Anglo-Saxon tradition to help us take stock
august 1, in the traditional calendar of the roman rite the feast of st peter in chains, is also in the english agricultural calendar lammas...
Charles Coulombe
'I've had some remarkable cures': The story of John Bradburne's red headband
not being able to remember things is one of the consequences of old age, in some cases beneficial, in others frustrating. after many years i...
Richard Ingrams
In his letter to priests, the Pope speaks from the heart
in a surprise for the feast of st jean-marie vianney, pope francis released a lengthy and substantive letter to priests. august 4th this yea...
Fr Raymond de Souza
How US Catholic colleges help students discern
this year, the us bishops’ annual report on new ordinands to the priesthood identifies catholic colleges having the most ordinands among the...
Kelly Salomon
The grim march of assisted suicide goes on
new jersey’s assisted dying law went into effect on august 1st, making it the eighth american state that allows terminally ill patients to s...
Jordan Bloom
The best of the web: Cowardice, a late vocation, psychics
why courage can’t be put off till tomorrow at the irish rover, deion a kathawa argued that our “cultural sickness” is closely connected to t...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Assumption, Eucharist procession by boat, Sir James MacMillan
thursday, august 15 is the solemnity of the assumption – a celebration of our lady being taken up body and soul into heaven, and a holy day ...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Dutch Catholics braced for church closures
what happened? the netherlands is facing mass closures of churches, with the diocese of utrecht likely to lose five in six, a researcher has...
Staff writers
The big story: Bishop declines to open Chesterton Cause
what happened? the cause for gk chesterton’s canonisation will not be opened, bishop peter doyle of northampton has announced. bishop doyle ...
Staff writers
The decision not to open Chesterton's Cause could be providential
there will be no st gilbert of beaconsfield – at least for now. bishop peter doyle has decided not to proceed with gk chesterton’s cause for...
The Catholic Herald
Grandiosity can lead to greatness
we wake up into life with the incurable sense that we’re special, that we’re the centre of the universe. and, subjectively, we are. in our a...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Despite the scandals, we must love the Church
we can still love the church. we must love the church. those who truly love the lord jesus will not fail to love the mystical body of which ...
The Catholic Herald
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, august 4 : 18th sunday in ordinary time ecc 1:2; 2:21-23; ps 90; col 3:1-5, 9-11; lk 12:13-21 mo...
The Catholic Herald
This summer, don't take a holiday from God
every summer i put a short announcement in my parish newsletter with the aim of encouraging parishioners to make the effort to find a church...
Fr Matthew Pittam
Before God, we are hope-filled beggars
the collect for the 18th ordinary sunday was not in any previous edition of the missale romanum. it is a grammatically simplified versi...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The royal bully who retired to a monastery
emperor: a new life of charles v by geoffrey parker yale, 760pp, £25/$35 early 16th-century demographics can lead one to wonder how protesta...
James Baresel
Did World War II undermine Catholicism?
mass exodus by stephen bullivant oup, 302pp, £25/$32.95 why catholics leave, what they miss, and how they might return by stephen bullivant ...
Joseph Shaw
What every Catholic should know about the Eucharist
what does the catechism of the catholic church teach? it teaches that it is by the conversion of the bread and wine into christ’s body and b...
Fr Dwight Longenecker
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