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Champagne and good cheer at the annual Catholic Herald party

london’s festive party season got underway on wednesday night with flowing champagne at the herald ’s annual drinks party at brown’s hotel i...
The Catholic Herald

UK judge blocks transfer to Pope's hospital for baby girl with rare disease

leicester, united kingdom – a british judge ruled wednesday that a baby girl with a rare disease may not be transferred from the uk to italy...
Charles Collins

Alabama priest who fled country with teen won’t be prosecuted, says local district attorney

new york – a priest of mobile, alabama, who left the united states with a teenage woman over the summer under murky circumstances, reportedl...
John Lavenburg

'This is not so much a clash of cultures as a clash of gods'

a few days ago, as i walked through the underground a large muslim, four inches taller than me, barreled up to me and out of nowhere threate...
Gavin Ashenden

Let’s not canonize Dorothy Day

hannah glickstein wonders whether canonization might obscure her more ordinary, human message. dorothy day was born in november 1897 an...
Hannah Glickstein

New York Cardinal: Outpouring of hatred after Hamas attack 'shocks the conscience'

new york – with acts of religious hatred on the rise in the united states since the hamas attacks on israel in early october, new york’s car...
John Lavenburg

Pray for the Holy Land

the psalmist tells us to pray for the peace of jerusalem. after the terrible escalation of violence since 7 october, christians will have be...
The Catholic Herald

Christians under grave pressure in the Holy Land

all sides must work together to ensure that israel and palestine step back from the precipice of annihilation, says john pontifex ...
John Pontifex

A Faithful Spy, by Jimmy Burns

covert convert. a faithful spy jimmy burns chiselbury, £22, 390 pages anyone who thinks that fake news is a modern invention needs to read t...
Alexander Norman

Bishop urges Catholics to stick to church funerals amid rise of 'direct cremations'

an english bishop has encouraged catholics to hold fast to christian faith and practice at funerals in the wake of rising numbers of “no fri...
The Catholic Herald