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The Guardian Columnist Without Religion Knows What He's Missing

dogs roaming the street in cairo, 24 april  2020. (photo by mohamed el-shahed/afp via getty images) he felt an envy for religious peopl...

Time is a gardener's canvas

you may not notice the gradual increase in light, but your birds will. listen for them. at some point in february, when the atmospherics are...

Ash Wednesday: ...et in pulverem reverteris.

this is the day the church puts on ashes to make the beginning of our great season of penitence. traditionally, this sign of penitence is he...

Analysis: Pope Francis's promotion of women a more complicated narrative than it appears

pope francis made some high profile appointments heading into last weekend, naming sr. nathalie becquart and fr. luis marín de san martín as...

Christopher Altieri

Caring for Second Childhood

a sadness close to grief, but approaching horror, pervades our thinking about nursing homes — they combine the anxious atmosphere of the hos...

Nicholas-Frankovich

Pope Francis talks post-pandemic in interview with Italy's Tg5

pope francis felt “caged” when the pandemic lockdowns began, interrupting what had been slated for him to be, among other things, a banner t...

Christopher Altieri

Analysis: Pro-lifers will have to fight hidden abortion funding battles in the Senate

washington d.c., jan 7, 2021 / 01:24 pm mt (cna).- with democrats projected to win tuesday’s senate races in georgia, the political landscap...

The Young Woman Who Jumped Off the Bridge

french toast tastes like love and safety. a few weeks ago, my husband and i made a trip to our hometown for a funeral. we talked all th...

Leticia Ochoa Adams

Impeachment Trial Day 1: House Managers Make their Case

-- catholic herald, washington, dc -- wednesday saw the first full day of evidence presented to the us senate, in the second impeachment tri...

EDITORIAL: All who value the sanctity of life must oppose this murderous Bill

today, mps at westminster vote on the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill which would allow people in england and wales to be helped to...

The Catholic Herald