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Harry Mount: Selective schools can be brutal

the biggest objection to the return of grammar schools is how ruthlessly selective the old 11-plus exams were. by their very nature, exams a...

How Pokémon Go became a problem

when pokémon go first appeared, many christians were optimistic about where it might lead. the game was “a great opportunity” to reach out t...

Philippines a ‘killing fields nation’

philippine catholic leaders say they are powerless to stop a growing number of extrajudicial killings that have come with president rodrigo ...

Bishops call Luther a ‘teacher of the faith’

germany’s catholic bishops have praised martin luther as a “gospel witness and teacher of the faith”. in a 206-page report, “the reformation...

Pope visits women rescued from prostitution

pope francis has paid a surprise visit to a community helping 20 young women get their lives back together after being rescued from prostitu...

Police alarmed by ‘poltergeist’ call in priest

police in scotland called for help from the catholic church last week after being disturbed by what they thought was a “poltergeist” at a fa...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online who’s worse? in an article for his diocesan newsletter entitled “some personal thoughts on the mont...

The big story of the past seven days

✣   death toll mounts in philippines drugs war what happened? more than 800 suspected drug dealers and users have been killed by police...

Lourdes versus ISIS

france is currently in a state of emergency, which is part of the french government’s response to the recent spate of terrorist attacks on i...

The Catholic Herald

The Anjem Choudary verdict is an embarrassment for the BBC

His two decades of propagandising for murder are a great reproach to the British legal system and the broadcasters who gave him such publicity

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith