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Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/01/20

malta's democracy "cannot function without respect for truth and justice" , archbishop charles scicluna has said. australian archbishop anth...

Parishioners win Vatican appeal against church closure

parishioners in conwy, north wales, have won their appeal to the vatican against the closure of their church. the last mass at st michael an...

Why Christians need to 'let go of winning'

free to believe by luke goodrich, penguin random house, 288pp, £19.99/$24 is religious liberty still a bedrock principle of american freedom...

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

The long twilight of the Roman gods

how to think about god by marcus tullius cicero, translated by philip freeman princeton, 151pp, £13.99/$16.95 this handy little book could j...

Letters: Churches are full of static Catholics

churches are full of static catholics sir – concerning the reported falling attendances in church, i wonder if this may be a problem to do w...

The Catholic Herald

The Newman of the East

thiruvananthapuram, kerala, india in 2019 we became more familiar with the life and mission of st john henry newman. perhaps in 2020 we migh...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Welcome to the 2020s: What Catholics can expect in the next decade

what will happen to the church in the coming decade? only god knows, but it’s still worth considering what may lie ahead in the 2020s. here ...

My clash with Roald Dahl over 'The Witches'

so long as the big things are right, we can ignore the niggles, the little but regular annoyances which keep me from dropping off at night. ...

This year England will be rededicated to Our Lady. We’ll need it

it is never easy to predict what is to come even over a few days, never mind a year. who would have thought, for instance, this time last ye...

The McCarrick report – and other things to expect in 2020

as the year 2020 opens, the church appears to have entered into the slogging phase of its leadership crisis. part of that is due to what one...

Christopher R. Altieri