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abortion remains morally objectionable to many people, and not just catholics. science has revealed that life begins at conception and logic...

Simon Caldwell

in the end, the result was no shock, as tory veteran liz truss defeated rishi sunak to become the uk’s next prime minister. it may seem odd ...

The Catholic Herald

st joan of arc, the “maid of orleans”, is one of history’s greatest heroines. a mystic who led an army into battle at the age of 17 after re...

Simon Caldwell

the irish catholic bishops, as part of the irish synodal pathway, released their synthesis report of a wide-ranging listening phase on 16&nb...

Dualta Roughneen

a biographical dictionary of english architecture, 1540-1640 mark girouard yale, £40, 372 pages mark girouard, born a catholic in 1937, is t...

Michael Hodges

imagining the end of time is never a productive exercise but a temptation that attracts us all – including young composers like the noted to...

Michael White

in the middle of this month we will celebrate the solemnity of the assumption of the blessed virgin mary. the belief that our lady’s body wa...

Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth

accidental gods: on men unwittingly turned divine anna della subin granta, £20, 462 pages in rudyard kipling’s short story the man who would...

Alexander Larman

any question raised about the mass graves involving indigenous people in canada immediately generates the accusation of someone being an apo...

The Catholic Herald

an internationally-respected catholic bioethics centre has called for urgent reforms of uk law after doctors ended the life of a brain-damag...

Simon Caldwell