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Poles apart

warsaw when a polish bishop recently denied being in dispute with pope francis, it was only the latest sign of controversy over the pontiff’...

Jonathan Luxmoore

The improbable Secretary-General

in 2004, catholics in europe received an alarming wake-up call when the italian rocco buttiglione was turned down for a european commission ...

Filipe D'Avillez

Mary Kenny: The fall that opened my eyes

it’s said, from old times, that “pride comes before a fall”: in my case, carelessness and haste precede a fall, and i mean that quite litera...

The city where the book review was born

istanbul: a tale of three cities by bettany hughes, weidenfeld and nicolson, £25 ‘rome never fell, it simply moved 854 miles east,” is just ...

Pastor Iuventus

i like the a3, i decide on christmas eve. it’s a great road to drive, a testament to our island history. were it not for the fact that brita...

Pastor Iuventus

Pictures of the week

1 students at st bede’s catholic college in bristol have been chosen to take part in the bristol scholars scheme, designed to get local pupi...

The Catholic Herald

January 8 to January 14

cardinal nichols (westminster) wed: meeting with bishops’ conference staff, london, sw1p 1qj, 10.00am. archbishop longley (birmingham) sun: ...

The Catholic Herald

When a mother loses a child, respond with tears, not words, says Pope

Francis says that Rachel, in the book of Jeremiah, represents every mother throughout history who cries over 'irreparable loss'

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/01/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

The improbable Secretary-General

He’s a practising Catholic who opposes abortion and gay marriage. How on earth has António Guterres been appointed head of the UN?

Filipe D'Avillez