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City honours Sister who saved Jews from Nazis

a religious sister who sheltered jews from the nazis has been honoured with a plaque in her home town of hull. sister agnes walsh, who died ...

Opus Dei leader: youngsters feel ‘crushed’

the new leader of opus dei has said that he would like to further the prelature’s programmes for young people. mgr fernando ocáriz braña tol...

Duterte: I’ll resign if bishops do

the president of the philippines has stepped up his conflict with the country’s bishops, daring them to resign. at a meeting with the bereav...

In brief

the most revd david chillingworth: correction and apology in last week’s issue, we incorrectly stated that the most revd david chillingworth...

Must Catholics resist Trump’s ban?

if the american bishops seem especially concerned about the rights of refugees, there is a good historical reason. in the aftermath of world...

Melissa Kite: When politics replaces morality

while i wait for my house sale to go through, i am staying with a friend in the country. he and i have been watching the early days of donal...

Thomas More’s amazing descendants

this week we mark the birthday of st thomas more, who was born in his parents’ home at milk street in london, just a few steps from the guil...

Thomas J Craughwell

The charity world’s free trade U-turn

the universal church has not always been a strong supporter of globalisation and certainly not of free trade. in 1967, for example, pope pau...

Comments of the Week

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The Catholic Herald

The age of the trembling upper lip

the history of england: revolution by peter ackroyd, macmillan, £25 the fourth volume of peter ackroyd’s history of england lands with a 400...