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Sunday Gospel reflection: Parsing the devil's use of 'us'

"what do you want with us, jesus of nazareth?" (mark 1:24) why does the demon in sunday’s gospel use the plural "us" rather than the singula...
Fr David Howell

Kentucky bishop suspends priests devoted to Traditional Latin Mass

new york – a small religious community dedicated to the traditional latin mass in the diocese of covington, kentucky, that once had aspirati...
John Lavenburg

German diocese under prominent progressive bishop sees no annual ordinations for first time in 200 years

the diocese under the tenure of the president of the german bishops’ conference and its s ynodaler weg – german synodal way – has ordained n...
Tom Colsy

EXCLUSIVE: Calls for 'urgent' inquiry into amendments to legalise late-term abortion in UK

the uk government is being called to launch an urgent inquiry after the medical director of one of the uk’s largest abortion providers repor...
The Catholic Herald

FEATURE: 'The Last Priests and Nuns in Ireland' – a missed opportunity to move beyond the same old tropes

i get a knot of anxiety in my stomach when i hear news of another documentary about religion or, rather, about catholicism in ireland. it is...
Dualta Roughneen

The Michaela Community School ‘prayer ban’: facing the awkward realities of a multicultural society

the michaela community school in wembley, north london is, by many metrics, a success story. but right now the school and its erudite headte...
Johannes McLaren

Survivors of Nigerian Christmas Eve massacre still sheltering at Catholic church

none of the perpetrators of a deadly set of coordinated attacks on dozens of christian communities in nigeria’s plateau state have been held...
Amy Balog

Could the benefits of married Catholic clergy outweigh the costs?

once in a while the spectre - as it is often made out to be - of allowing married priests to be ordained into the catholic church rears its ...
Fr David Palmer

Pope urges Catholics to pick up a Bible against social media ‘barrage’

rome – pope francis has urged believers to go beyond the “barrage” of words in the social media era and to allow themselves to be transforme...
Elise Allen

Police continue to intimidate Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for 'thinking' outside abortion centre

the police force in birmingham has again interrogated isabel vaughan-spruce about what goes on inside her head outside an abortion centre.&n...
The Catholic Herald