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Who is the son referred to in ‘Woman, behold your son’ (John 19.26)?

today, good friday, the passion according to john will be read during the afternoon liturgy. we read those of matthew, mark and luke once ev...

Study parses what US Catholics think about Pope's views on climate change

a new study from the center for applied research in the apostolate (cara) looks at the differing views of us catholics on the environmental ...

Ugly scenes at Manchester University embody how abortion in UK holds up a mirror to society

students attending the university of manchester pro-life society’s inaugural gathering earlier this month were spat at, threatened with rape...

Georgia L. Gilholy

Only Jesus offers us a glorified body, not transhumanism and visions of a technological human future

the season of lent in which we find ourselves once more is a time to prepare for easter, the high point of the liturgical year in which we c...

Fr Robert Verrill OP

‘Terrified’ pro-life student group needs police protection from baying mob at Manchester University

a student pro-life group who met at the university of manchester required police intervention due to a hostile crowd of up to 250 people tha...

Inglorious Revolution: subcurrents around James II’s attempts at religious toleration

“the glorious revolution” is one of those phrases catholics like to put quotation marks around. the dominant narrative of james ii’s deposit...

NHS end-of-life 'pathway' practises continue despite being banned

the liverpool care pathway (lcp) was abolished in every hospital and hospice in the country just under a decade ago. this end-of-life-care p...

'Silent Disco' at Canterbury Cathedral leads to more voluble protest

a group of protesters plans to gather outside canterbury cathedral tomorrow evening to “peacefully” object to a dance event being held in th...

The Catholic Herald

Sound of silence: the British Museum's latest exhibition only tells part of an important story

it’s fair to say that there’s a lot of interesting stuff in the british museum’s latest exhibition, legion: life in the roman army . in fact...

FEATURE: 'The Last Priests and Nuns in Ireland' – a missed opportunity to move beyond the same old tropes

i get a knot of anxiety in my stomach when i hear news of another documentary about religion or, rather, about catholicism in ireland. it is...

Dualta Roughneen