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France’s clash between church bell ringing and stroppy 'rural newcomers'

the french government aims to pass a law that could help protect the ringing of church bells across the country’s rural regions that are the...
James Jeffrey

On the Record: Music for Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, and the Annunciation

the cathedral of notre-dame in paris is due to reopen later in the year, painstakingly restored following the devastating fire five years ag...
Alex Hodgkinson

Clinging to the Faith in Ireland

the closure of the franciscan friary in athlone is symptomatic of the wider loss of religion in ireland, says ronan doheny. in recent years,...
Ronan Dohenyy

Squabbling over the Old Rite

it’s been a while since the holy father dropped his hand grenade, the motu proprio traditionis custodes . as readers will know, this documen...
Niall Gooch

Reading Mr Chips

henry ‘chips’ channon, the diaries 1918-38 edited by simon heffer £35, 1024pp, hutchinson ________ alan clark, from close reading of the fir...
Damian Collins

Pole stars hit the right note

it sometimes seems like poland has its own, peculiarly national, hotline to god. why this should be, beyond the fact that it produces the oc...
Michael White

Guerrilla attack in Colombia causes humanitarian crisis

são paulo, brazil – fierce clashes between two guerrilla groups in the northwestern region of catatumbo, colombia, on jan. 16 have not only ...
EduardoCamposLima

Assisted suicide MP scraps key ‘safeguard’ from Bill

kim leadbeater has removed a key safeguard from the assisted suicide bill that she is backing, having previously touted the safeguard as a f...
The Catholic Herald

Benedict XVI warns of intolerant West in new book published posthumously

pope benedict xvi has had a book of essays published posthumously in which he defends the unique character of the mass and the catholic prie...
Simon Caldwell

Bishop Strickland: 'I defended the truth and the Pope removed me'

the following interview appeared in the tuesday, november 28 edition of the widely read italian daily, la verità, a translation of which is ...
Martina Pastorelli