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Myanmar Crisis Deepens as Catholic Advocates Call for Peaceful Resolution

myanmar's civilian leader aung san suu kyi -- ousted 1 february in a military coup and taken into custody -- made a virtual court appearance...

Saints and Sales – Our top 10 religious bestsellers

there have been more than 260 popes since st peter. but it was not until paul vi that a pope had visited all five continents and not perhaps...

The Catholic Herald

The 2021 Holy Year of Jubilee in Santiago

with the pandemic keeping so many imprisoned in their own homes for months, perhaps there has never been a better year to consider walking t...

Curtis Williams

Bridge over troubled waters: Joe Biden and Catholicism in the US

joe biden and catholicism in the united states massimo faggioli, £18.99, 176 pages, bayard ________ on paper, it looks like a takeover: not ...

The pursuit of truth, not bells and smells

when i told my literary agent friend that i wanted to write a book about converts to catholicism during the sixty heady years before the vat...

Melanie McDonagh

The entrepreneurs with a higher calling

is it possible to be a good christian and a successful entrepreneur? the bible encourages believers to exploit their talents, which surely i...

The saints searching for sustenance

over the course of a long friendship that began at school, my old pal jacob rees-mogg, member of parliament and roman catholic – though not ...

William Sitwell

For a bestseller, just add religion

how do you solve a problem like maria? so asked the nuns of nonnberg abbey in the sound of music . (pause, please, in remembrance of christo...

Constance Watson

Poetic Justice for Geoffrey Chaucer

the furore over the poet of the canterbury tales being culled from english literature courses taught at various universities, in an attempt ...

The Catholic Herald

The changing century

london and the 17th century: the making of the world's greatest city , by margarette lincoln £25, 384 pages, yale university press margarett...