Catholic Church

Is Jesuit influence growing in the Church? Not necessarily

last week pope francis finally filled an important vatican post that has remained vacant since june 2017. the holy father named fr juan...
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Cranmer’s accidental gift to Catholics

last week i was the guest speaker at the semi-finals of the book of common prayer recital contest in kent. even one of the participants said...
Tim Stanley

The post-Vatican II civil war

in his new book, the irony of modern catholic history (basic books £25 / $30), george weigel traces the root of debates at the recent amazon...
George Weigel

Prince Andrew’s unanswered questions

many people watching prince andrew’s television interview at the weekend will have been thinking of the impact on the queen – watching the s...
Mary Kenny

Letters: William Oddie guided me to Rome

william oddie helped me on my path to rome sir – your insightful and moving obituary (november 15) of the former catholic herald editor dr w...
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How ‘flawless’ music is killing creativity

some years ago, i attended a live performance of berlioz’s titanic requiem, played by a combined ensemble comprising the city of birmingham ...
Peter Davison

Walking with God among pots and pans

the life of saint teresa of avila by carlos eire, princeton, 280pp, £22/$26.95 this incisive, insightful book gets to the heart of the matte...
Alexander Jolliffe

Diary of a City Priest

pius xi announced the establishment of the feast of christ the king in an encyclical, quas primas, published in december 1925. in its introd...
Fr Dominic Allain

How to … Be an altar server

most parish priests like to be able to draw on the help of between one and six altar servers at any one time. traditionally, the lay ministr...
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Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, november 24: our lord jesus christ king of the universe 2 sm 5:1-3; ps 122; col 1:12-20; lk...
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