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Obedience to God is the path to happiness

while in the traditional roman calendar the last sunday of october is dedicated to christ the king, not merely in the summation of all thing...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

The myth of progress has undermined religion. Yet I foresee a comeback

the plight of western religion by paul gifford, hurst, 173pp, £25/$28.69 a familiar image of western christianity before modern times has be...

Jonathan Wright

Love and cowardice in France's 'Dark Years'

madeleine by euan cameron maclehose, 330pp, £17/$22 euan cameron was my first publisher and editor more than 40 years ago and has been one o...

Where 'Spotlight' focused on the media, this new drama is about the victims

it’s no surprise that françois ozon’s by the grace of god is being compared to spotlight, the oscar-winning film about the uncovering of sex...

When Western artists discovered 'the Orient', they forgot its Christians

there has been some fairly specific criticism of the latest exhibition at the british museum. "inspired by the east: how the islamic world i...

Lucien de Guise

Letters: Is there a case for lay-led Eucharistic services?

is there a case for eucharistic services?   sir – your recent correspondents have defended lay-led eucharistic services on the basis th...

The Catholic Herald

We've seen the 'new masculinity' before

the latest craze is to go “gender fluid”. the name of the game is playing with identity, mixing things up, blurring lines. the male musician...

How our Catholic university is making the most of its roots

"diversity" is one of the buzzwords of our age, and those of us in higher education have been vigorous in advocating it. the news that st ma...

Words, hymns and moderation: Newman and the genius of English Catholicism

does the canonisation of st john henry newman mean approbation for something more than a single, splendid, sanctified life? does it celebrat...

Fr Raymond de Souza

The unprecedented scale of anti-Christian persecution in Asia

when an elderly christian woman in a village in india’s tamil nadu state was beaten by extremists, her attackers defended their actions by s...