Pope Francis

Pope tells young: make sure your bishops hear you

pope francis has asked young people to tell him, their bishops and other pastors about their hopes and struggles and criticisms to help info...
Staff writers

Knight appeals against dismissal

the ousted ‘foreign minister’ of the ancient lay catholic order, the order of malta, has appealed against his suspension to the knights’ int...
Staff writers

In brief

francis: do all you can to protect refugees pope francis has said that “every possible measure” should be taken to protect refugees, who fac...
Staff writers

Rumours, leaks and dodgy dossiers

when did the word “dossier” become so sinister? if you’re eager to ratchet up the tension or create a sense of skulduggery then the other op...
Jonathan Wright

The Catholic writer that the 21st century forgot

bruce marshall, who died 30 years ago this year, is the forgotten man of 20th-century catholic letters. the scottish convert and prolific no...
Michael Duggan

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, january 22: third sunday in ordinary time is 8:23-9:3; ps 27; 1 cor 1:10-13, 17; mt 4:12-23 mon...
The Catholic Herald

January 22 to January 28

cardinal nichols (westminster) wed: interview for catholic times and vincentian magazine, eccleston square, london, 11.30am. thu: interview,...
The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0474

cryptic across 7 judge disheartened vatican scholar (6) 8 rahab, a misfit, the first to see the jordan valley (6) 9 a boy’s back-to-front, h...
Alun Evans

Matthew Walther: My dream for my kids: celibacy

few passages in holy writ ring true like st paul’s lines in 1 corinthians about not being able to get a proper look at our own reflections. ...
Matthew Walther

US bishops ask Congress to preserve parts of Obama's healthcare reform

Bishop Frank J Dewane of Venice emphasised that any changes must protect human life
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