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Cardinal Burke's week of controversy

cardinal raymond burke broke his silence last week regarding the unfortunate appearance of his name on a list of senior prelates who receive...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Peoria to Paris

indianapolis schools divided after archbishop marriage order an archdiocese has been riven by disputes over church teaching, after two schoo...

The week in quotations

"a confessor’s defence of the sacramental seal , if necessary, even to the point of shedding blood." the apostolic penitentiary, a&nbsp...

Overlooked: Benedict reaffirms that Francis is Pope

what happened? tn a rare interview, pope emeritus benedict xvi has reaffirmed that “the pope is one; is francis.” in the interview, conducte...

The big story: Vatican – Chinese priests don't need to register with government

what happened? the vatican has given guarded support to chinese priests who refuse to register with the government. a new document says that...

The Vatican's guidelines may not be enough to save underground Catholics

last week the vatican made its most important intervention on china since it announced a “provisional agreement” with the communist authorit...

The Catholic Herald

Have we forgotten how to celebrate Corpus Christi?

twenty years ago this week i was on retreat in france preparing for priestly ordination. i remember it as a time overflowing with gifts of g...

Fr Dominic Allain

Love, mission and morality: a century of Eucharistic theology

the international eucharistic congress: a spiritual odyssey by john f allen gracewing, 383pp, £20/$27.50 in this book mgr john allen, who ha...

Fr Nicholas Paxton

Letters & emails

the meaning of a catholic business sir – christopher altieri, in the cover story of the june 14 edition entitled “the other scandal”, mentio...

The Catholic Herald

The house where Newman's journey to sanctity began

there can be few more enjoyable ways of spending a summer evening than walking along that glorious stretch of the river thames from richmond...