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why we dare to call god ‘father’ sir – steve larkin (charterhouse, july 5) reminds us that fr frederick faber used to speak of our lady as “...
The Catholic Herald

I was wrong about golf

shamefully, i had long been prejudiced against golf and golfers, and was amused when someone described the game as “a good walk spoiled...
Mary Kenny

Was the original Walsingham statue really destroyed – or is it in the V&A?

in 1539 the simple wooden statue of our lady of walsingham that stood beside the altar of walsingham’s holy house, venerated by kings, ...
The Catholic Herald

Which America?

earlier this month, a conference on “national conservatism” in washington, dc, showed that the terms of debate on the american right are cha...
Matthew Schmitz

What I discovered when I wrote a play about Cherie Blair

as a catholic, i’ve always been fascinated by cherie blair, who was born in 1954 and raised in crosby, a suburb of liverpool with a long-sta...
The Catholic Herald

The inexplicable transfer of St Peter's relics to Constantinople

the decision to send the relics of st peter from the private chapel of the papal apartment to the ecumenical patriarchate of constantin...
Fr Raymond de Souza

'You ask them: Are you serious?': An interview with Cardinal Arinze

it’s a sunny morning in london on the feast of corpus christi and, not coincidentally, i’m standing outside the presbytery of corp...
Dan Hitchens

Diary: The moment I knew I had to be Catholic

in the spring of 2011, i had everything planned out. i was heading to italy for a six-week study abroad programme. my primary goal was to en...
The Catholic Herald

The cardinal struggling to quell a priestly rebellion

the syro-malabar catholic church is in fresh turmoil this week, after its leader faced protests over fraud allegations against him. car...
Saptarshi Ray

Iraqi immigrants supported Trump. So why is his administration deporting them?

poor st thomas is the only apostle remembered not for his faith, but for his doubt. and yet, having placed his hands in christ’s wounds...
Michael Warren Davis