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Comments of the week

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The Catholic Herald

Music: The fine-tuned purr of flawless a cappella

time flies. it seems like last week, but it’s actually been a year since simon rattle’s triumphant homecoming to take charge of the london s...

A radical plan for building Catholic communities

building the benedict option by leah libresco, ignatius press, 163pp, £13 the concept of authenticity has gained much cachet recently. in po...

Brandon McGinley

The aftermath of the Brazilian renaissance

brazil: a biography by lilia schwarcz and heloisa starling, allen lane, 761pp, £30 in a now famous book of 1928, manifesto antropófago , bra...

Omnium Gatherum

this sunday, october 7, is the feast of our lady of the rosary. its origin lies in christendom’s crucial 1571 victory at the battle of lepan...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Peter Sheppard: Could Catholics return to medieval churches?

i have swapped my london life for norfolk, where i am restoring a house built by lord walpole in the early 18th century. at the same time i ...

Hope is already emerging in the US Church

i promised myself i wouldn’t write about the abuse crisis again this week. but if you are in the united states, as i am, there’s no escaping...

Fr Dominic Allain

What’s in a name?

we’re called to a name change. we’re all familiar with the incident in the bible where god changes the name of abram to abraham. the change ...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Prayer to St Michael makes resurgence in response to abuse crisis

Several bishops are recommending saying the prayer against the power of Satan

Carol Zimmermann

Letters from the Synod-2018: October 4 – Commentary

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Xavier Rynne II