Catholic Church

Ever so slightly off-key

of the first-rank composers within the generally accepted pantheon, three took holy orders in the roman catholic church: monteverdi, vivaldi...

Jonathan Gaisman

Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, joins the Catholic Church

a high-profile anglican bishop has joined the catholic church in what has been described as “one of the most politically significant convers...

USCCB pro-life chairman urges Biden to act like the ‘devout Catholic’ he says he is

washington, d.c. newsroom, oct 12, 2021 / 10:53 am the u.s. catholic bishops’ pro-life chairman is expressing disappointment with president ...

Catholic Herald October Issue

leaders the synod needs you mass appeal should be for everyone vocations need not be consigned to the past diary – adam dant columns long di...

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The spy who became a monk

on 6 november 1989, dom joseph coombe-tennant died at downside abbey, near bath, where he had lived since 1961. he was 76. the serenity of h...

The tolerance of George III

in the long via dolorosa down which roman catholics had to march to win the franchise before 1829, they hardly had a more resolute opponent ...

The remarkable restoration of St Birinus, Dorchester-upon-Thames

st birinus, probably a monk of st andrew’s benedictine monastery on the caelian hill in rome, was ordered by pope honorius i to england in 6...

Social unrest appeased in Colombia, but crisis goes on

in april, massive demonstrations exploded in cali and in several colombian cities. a combination of rising poverty, political dissatisfactio...

Eduardo Campos Lima

Minding our language

i have bad news for you: the anglo-saxons didn’t exist. i realise you may have studied them or taught classes about them, but the fact remai...

Mass appeal should be for everyone

one of the pope’s titles is that of pontifex, or bridge builder. it is an aspect of his office that pope francis might reflect on when it co...

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