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✣ pope deplores abuse in letter to world’s catholics what happened? pope francis has called on all catholics to eng­age in penitential praye...

Staff writers

the archbishop of washington’s public relations strategy backfires six dioceses, 300 priests and 1,000 victims. those numbers were splashed ...

Michael Warren Davis

over the weekend, i made a pilgrimage to combe florey, the somerset village and house where evelyn, and then auberon, waugh, lived. as a chi...

Harry Mount

pope francis could hardly be arriving at a more dramatic moment. in the aftermath of the abortion referendum, ireland seems to be wholly set...

Michael Duggan

pope francis will be greeted by large and enthusiastic crowds when he visits dublin to attend the 2018 world meeting of families (wmof). the...

Jon Anderson

in this summer of shame, how should bishops speak about scandals of sexual predation in the clergy? there have been some remarkable failures...

Fr Raymond de Souza

in times gone by, mothers would hope to have their daughters “married off” by the age of 25, or, at most, 30. they had a disconcerting way o...

Mary Kenny

above (top to bottom): thomas merton, dorothy day and daniel berrigan in 2017 jim forest published at play in the lions’ den , a biography o...

Danny Sullivan

letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. email: letters@catholicherald.c...

The Catholic Herald

food and garden writer lia leendertz is about to release her almanac for 2019. an amazon bestseller, it claims to “revive the tradition of t...

Bonnie Lander Johnson