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Letters to the Editor: leave those fish alone this Lent

fish-free lent? sir – we generally consider lent as a time for “giving up something”. in pursuit of broadening our lenten horizons, the fait...

Catholic Herald Readers

Pope celebrates anniversary by sharing cake with hospital staff

pope francis today celebrated the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy by sharing a cake with staff assisting him at rome’s gemell...

Editor's Letter: Let's remember we are dust, and to dust we shall return

as the march issue of the  catholic herald  went to press it was not clear when pope francis would be leaving the gemelli hospital...

Serenhedd James

Unchecked terrorism has plunged Nigeria into 'worst phase' of country's history, says bishop

yaoundé, cameroon – nigerian bishop matthew hassan kukah has severely criticised the government for failing to act decisively to stop terror...

Spiritans of Ireland have paid more than £7m to 125 abuse victims

the spiritan congregation has now paid out €8.8 million (£7.28 million) to 125 victims of clerical sexual abuse in the republic of ireland, ...

Leadbeater drops High Court judge safeguard from assisted suicide Bill

kim leadbeater has announced that she will scrap a major proposed safeguard to her assisted suicide bill, leading critics to claim that pati...

'Some paintings never cease to amaze': The Adoration of the Kings

some paintings never cease to amaze. they offer more and more as you give them time to. just such a picture is jan gossaert’s adoration of t...

Gabriele Finaldi

Diary: William Cash, outgoing editor of the Catholic Herald

i spent a weekend in late september at the cliveden literary festival, at the famous (perhaps notorious) mansion in berkshire which used to ...

The death lobby has won a battle, but it has not yet won the war

there is surely a certain glamour in ruminating on one's woes. in particular, many people enjoy being part of a beleaguered ideological mino...

Georgia L. Gilholy

Hundreds of British MPs have tarnished their reputations with this Bill; Danny Kruger was not one of them

as the dust starts to settle following the shock result of the uk parliament vote on assisted suicide, the subsequent impassioned discussion...