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The JPII Institute authorities have been caught off guard

the present and future of the pontifical john paul ii theological institute for marriage and family sciences has students and professors of ...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Uruguay to Enugu

salt lake city bishop stands by priest after parents’ protest more than 150 parents have signed a petition calling for the removal of their ...

The best of the web: Cowardice, a late vocation, psychics

why courage can’t be put off till tomorrow at the irish rover, deion a kathawa argued that our “cultural sickness” is closely connected to t...

Overlooked: Dutch Catholics braced for church closures

what happened? the netherlands is facing mass closures of churches, with the diocese of utrecht likely to lose five in six, a researcher has...

The decision not to open Chesterton's Cause could be providential

there will be no st gilbert of beaconsfield – at least for now. bishop peter doyle has decided not to proceed with gk chesterton’s cause for...

The Catholic Herald

Grandiosity can lead to greatness

we wake up into life with the incurable sense that we’re special, that we’re the centre of the universe. and, subjectively, we are. in our a...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

This summer, don't take a holiday from God

every summer i put a short announcement in my parish newsletter with the aim of encouraging parishioners to make the effort to find a church...

Fr Matthew Pittam

We're doomed, so let's have a nice cup of tea

the selfish ape by nicholas p money reaktion books, 152pp, £14.99/$20 nicholas money’s new book, subtitled human nature and our path to exti...

A four-hour masterpiece that you simply have to see

the opening of burning bush has the look of a sixties teen movie, with grinning kids gyrating to rock ’n’ roll – almost beach party without ...

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catholics need a dash of confidence sir – hearing boris johnson expounding in the house of commons his belief in the greatness of the u...

The Catholic Herald