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Balaclava-clad protestors 'guard' Catholic Church forcing Loyalist march to re-route

a groups of masked protestors "guarded" st. alphonsus catholic church in glasgow on saturday, forcing a loyalist remembrance day march to re...

Cardinal calls all Catholics to 'holy hour' of prayer to defeat assisted suicide Bill

cardinal vincent nichols has called for catholics in england and wales to join him and fellow bishops to pray for a "holy hour" next week fo...

Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria

yaoundé, cameroon – another catholic priest has been kidnapped in nigeria. fr emmanuel azubuike, parish priest of st theresa in the okigwe d...

US election proved bad night for pro-life movement with seven states adopting pro-abortion ballots

while abortion was metaphorically on the ballot cross the entire united states this presidential election campaign, abortion rights were als...

The Catholic Herald

Vatican breaks silence on Trump: will 'seek dialogue', says key papal aide

the vatican will “seek dialogue” with president-elect donald trump, attempting to put aside previous conflicts between pope francis and trum...

Leader of US bishops congratulates Trump and commends democratic system

the leader of the united states catholic bishops' conference has published a statement of congratulations addressed to president-elect donal...

Ghana bishops call for end to 'witch camps'

yaoundé, cameroon – a catholic bishop in ghana has called on catholics in the african nation to go beyond simply providing charity to indivi...

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Silent thought, loud control: the lurid rise of 'thought crime' in modern Britain

the first conceptual seeds of george orwell's novel 1984 can be traced back to his essay "london letter", written in 1944, in which he expre...

Regicide revisited: Ronald Hutton on his new book about Oliver Cromwell

oliver cromwell is, unequivocally, a modern british hero: in the 2000 bbc poll to find the greatest brit of the past millennium, he came in ...

Letter from the Editor: good news, bad news and everything in between

much has happened since the catholic herald last landed on doormats. i travelled to new york in early october and did not expect to return t...

Serenhedd James