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US bishops take on government non-discrimination rule for 'gender identity, sexual orientation' in health services

new york – lawyers representing the us catholic bishops have written to the us department of health and human services (hhs) to express conc...
johnlavenburg

EDITORIAL: Time to rally and oppose the advancing culture of death

at the end of this month, on 29 november, mps will debate kim leadbeater’s “choice at the end of life” bill to allow assisted suicide for th...
The Catholic Herald

London museum to show 'queer' drag-themed reinterpretation of Handel's Messiah

a london museum is to present a drag-themed reinterpretation of handel's messiah this december. the foundling museum in camden, london, will...
Thomas Edwards

‘There are no safeguards’: palliative-care expert Ilora Finlay on the many dangers of assisted suicide Bill

if there is one woman who has transformed the debate in britain on assisted suicide, it is ilora finlay. when campaigners for it talk about ...
Melanie McDonagh

Pope Francis should not be criticised for promoting a settlement in Ukraine

long ago, one cold february evening in oxford, i made the short journey to st aldate’s church to hear a panel, including the then bisho...
Niall Gooch

Masculinity and femininity are definable realities: Understanding them can lead to a deeper awareness of love and God

‘i don’t want to prove a woman is strong like a man – no, a woman is strong in her own way, our strength is in our femininity.” these words ...
Katherine Bennett

Sigrid Undset: a genius and the greatest Catholic writer you’ve never heard of

norwegian novelist sigrid undset’s nobel prize-winning the master of hestviken could be the greatest work of catholic literature you’ve neve...
Tom Colsy

Going celibate due to US election result suggests it’s not Trump who has a problem with womanhood

this us election cycle has been a whirlwind that has highlighted both the deep divisions in america, as well as a large underground consensu...
AugustineThomas

Judicial ‘safeguards’ of assisted suicide Bill are worthless, says father of baby abandoned by courts

the father of a baby girl who was allowed to die on the basis of the courts judging it being in her "best interest" has said that the purpor...
The Catholic Herald

From England to Taizé: Interview with famous community's British prior on finding peace and ecumenism

in 927 a benedictine monk named odo was appointed abbot of cluny, a recently founded abbey in burgundy, france. he refused to take the appoi...
Thomas Edwards