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Pray for those who dislike you, urges Pope

a practical first step towards holiness is to pray for your enemies, pope francis has said. during a parish visit on saturday evening, the p...

Fatima Cause takes step forward

the diocese of coimbra has concluded its phase of the cause of carmelite sister lucia dos santos, one of the three children who saw our lady...

On the trail of that GKC quote

of all the wonderful chesterton quotations, perhaps the finest and best known is the following. the times, having posed the question “what’s...

Stephen Bullivant

Mary Kenny: Who would Joan of Arc vote for?

a fresh theatrical production of st joan claims that bernard shaw’s play is now “relevant to our time”. but the story of joan of arc is rele...

Comments of the Week

how to help the inspiring sister tarcisia sir – no one could fail to be moved and inspired by sister tarcisia hunhoff’s work to provide sore...

The Catholic Herald

Film: Critics, relax. This enfant terrible hasn’t sold out

even an enfant terrible must grow up sooner or later. prodigal french-canadian xavier dolan’s trouble is that he’s done so along the cannes ...

The enigmatic legacy of a bloodstained queen

isabella by giles tremlett, bloomsbury, £25 from ascending the throne in 1474 to her death in 1504, isabella of castile transformed her home...

James Jeffrey: Djibouti revisited

addis ababa escaping my cramped, clammy hotel room in djibouti just wasn’t possible one evening. i sorely wanted to – this horn of africa co...