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The curse of constant communication: Why can’t we just interact in person?

at about midnight, after a sleepless two hours of lying in bed listening to my baby coughing in his sleep over the monitor, i decided it was...
Olenka Hamilton

More than a hundred comedians meet the Pope

rome – in umberto eco’s immortal novel the name of the rose , the stern benedictine abbot jorge de burgo insists that laughter is evil: “lau...
Elise Allen

Pakistani Church leaders demand swift action after lynch mob murder of elderly Christian

christians in pakistan have demanded punjab officials bring to justice the perpetrators of the brutal lynch mob murder of nazir gill masih i...
The Catholic Herald

Bill in Brazil aims to equate abortion and homicide

são paulo, brazil – pro-life movements in brazil are campaigning for a fast approval in congress of a bill aiming to equate abortion after 2...
Eduardo Campos Lima

Another Canadian church burns to the ground with cause of blaze a 'mystery'

a beloved and famous canadian church has been “completely destroyed” following the outbreak of a currently inexplicable fire on 9 june. the ...
The Catholic Herald

Belmont Abbey elects Dom Brendan Thomas to be community's 12th abbot

the monks of belmont abbey have elected dom brendan thomas to be their new abbot. during his 8-year tenure, the new abbot will oversee a com...
The Catholic Herald

Review – 'Alexandria: The City that Changed the World' by Islam Issa

alexandria: the city that changed the world islam issa sceptre, £30, 496 pages in 331 bc, on the north coast of egypt, an extraordinarily ta...
John Ritzema

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a terrible battle

tolerance is frequently assumed to be a virtue of the young. in the mass media, age is associated with crabbiness and narrowing of outlook, ...
Niall Gooch

Nevill Holt Festival: how a Catholic Recusant house has become a new Glyndebourne of the Midlands

instead of sitting in flapping tents in muddy fields, english country houses have become the preferred stage set for many new history and li...
William Cash

Letters to the Editor: Please pray for Canada as it slides into dystopia

care in canada sir – in relation to what is happening regarding assisted dying in canada, simon caldwell is right to note that “no-one ever ...
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