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The best of the web: de-transitioning, young pro-lifers, Catholic refugees

trans people who ‘seek to reverse the process’ many transgender people who have had surgery to “change their sex” are now seeking to reverse...

The week ahead: canonisation, rosaries, and a retreat

john henry newman will be canonised on sunday, october 13, during mass at the vatican attended by prince charles and a delegation of british...

Overlooked: 'Uncrowned king of Poland' to be beatified

what happened? the late polish cardinal stefan wyszyński will be beatified, after pope francis gave official vatican approval to a miracle b...

The big story: Amazon synod opens amid fierce debate

what happened? the amazon synod has begun at the vatican, with controversy from the very first moment. the synod, which aims to discuss the ...

St Thérèse, Newman and an extraordinary journey into the Church

one day ethel, the wife of alexander james grant, a scottish presbyterian pastor, left a newspaper in her husband’s office. it was a copy of...

The Catholic Herald

Creating and holding space for our brokenness

some years ago i went on a weekend retreat given by a woman who made no secret about the fact that not being able to have children constitut...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Systems of oppression? We baldies know all about that

compare and contrast. on the one hand, you have the eternal verities contained in the bible – like the past two sundays’ mass readings, the ...

Heretic of the week: Donatus

donatus (d 355) was bishop of casa nigrae in what is now algeria in the early years of the 4th century, when the persecution of christians u...

Charles Coulombe

How to… Live like St Francis of Assisi

st francis of assisi, whose feast day is celebrated on october 4, is often remembered as one of the most christ-like of saints, a man who im...

The Catholic Herald

Not just breakfast: How Tiffany revolutionised the stained-glass window

eternal light by catherine shotick d giles, 82pp, £20/$25 in the 19th century artistic movements attempted to revive styles associated with ...