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Cardinal rebukes Esther Ranzten for denying Catholics right to speak against assisted suicide

assisted suicide campaigner dame esther rantzen today received a rebuke from the leader of the catholic church in england and wales for sugg...

U.S. Church will fight mass deportation of migrants, says bishop

baltimore – the american church will fight the mass deportation of migrants promised by newly-elected president donald trump, a bishop has s...

The Catholic Herald

Rod Dreher's solution to our spiritual and theological crisis is most persuasive one out there

when rod dreher's book the benedict option was published it produced two reactions. the first was from people who were immediately convinced...

Following the science on the Shroud of Turin: A skeptical scholar's overview of the surprising mound of evidence suggesting authenticity

once again, history’s most mysterious relic is in the news. according to scientists at an italian research facility, the shroud of turin is ...

EDITORIAL: Trump triumphs and returns to the White House with a Catholic vice president

the us election has turned out to be not quite as close-run as the pundits and the pollsters predicted. the results are in, and they are dec...

The Catholic Herald

'The Machine Age': the ideologies and religious influences behind AI

the machine age robert skidelsky penguin, £25, 384 pages robert skidelsky’s the machine age is an ambitious attempt at a timely intervention...

Ringing the changes, from Tudor to Stuart

from tudor to stuart: the regime change from elizabeth i to james i by susan doran oxford university press, £30, 646 pages over the last two...

Alexander Faludy

Let's thank our martyrs on this Feast of All Saints

this wonderful feast of all saints brings me in gratitude to the example of one particular group – our own douai martyrs. their example has ...

Justin Welby voices support for CofE approving gay sex within civil partnerships after views have ‘evolved’

the highest-ranking figure in the church of england has revealed that he believes same-sex sexual relations within “committed relationships”...

Political idolatry v. Christ the King

very soon, americans will be in the early stages of detoxification from the quadrennial bacchanal that we call the presidential election. as...