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Curing the sick and casting out demons: Christ’s earthly ministry was to heal and to cleanse

the last two “ordinary” sundays before lent begins tomorrow, 14 february on ash wednesday, saw us reading from the first chapter of st mark’...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Fit for a King: the beginnings of Christian iconography

charles scribner reflects on the beginnings of christian iconography, starting at the crib. ever since i was a schoolboy soprano, my favouri...
Charles Scribner

Supreme Court creates 'thought crime' near abortion clinics

praying near abortion facilities could be made a criminal offence in the uk, supreme court judges have ruled. the country’s highest court de...
Simon Caldwell

Beyond the Pandemic: Catholic Schools Can Come Back, Bigger and Better

the church must not miss this chance to change education, especially for the poor by charlie camosy things couldn’t be worse for catholic ed...

Catholic bioethics institute criticises 'extreme' proposals to deregulate embryo research and IVF legislation

a world-leading catholic bioethical institute has severely criticised proposals to radically deregulate destructive experimentation on human...
Simon Caldwell

Claud Cockburn: the original 'guerilla journalist' and a paragon of respectability within the trade

h.l. mencken famously observed that the proper relation of journalist to politician should be that of dog to lamppost. this enticing observa...
Anthony McCarthy

Time to ‘seriously discuss’ ending priestly celibacy in Catholic Church, declares Maltese archbishop

an archbishop viewed as a major ally of pope francis has called for the end to the discipline of priestly celibacy in the catholic church. m...
Simon Caldwell

BBC ‘Woman's Hour’ grills nurse on Christian beliefs in trans-related changing room dispute

a darlington nurse was interrogated about her christian beliefs on the bbc's famous woman's hour radio show, being grilled on whether those ...
The Catholic Herald

Click and connect

being a part of notre dame’s “digital generation” student body, i cannot remember a time when information and contact with a friend or famil...
Anna Hurt

On the Seventh Day of Christmas: Lead, Kindly Light

bohdan mandziuk is a seminarian for the ukrainian eparchy of the holy family of london, and when war broke out was a student at the three ho...
Bohdan Mandziuk