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Muggeridge on the meaning of life in a monastery

founded in 1946, nunraw abbey (from "nun's row") was the first cistercian monastery in scotland since the reformation. the monastery, locate...
FromtheArchives

Four reasons Francis had to restrict the traditional Latin Mass

this opinion piece will not be tactfully phrased. many essays in the past few days have tried to balance both positive and negative views of...
EricBarr

Francis could do what he did, but that's not the crucial thing

pope francis has placed very significant restrictions on the saying of the old mass, abrogating the much more permissive or generous policy ...
RobertPGeorge

Summorum Pontificum: a restoration after a gross impoverishment

though it has just been rejected by his successor, benedict xvi's motu propi o summorum pontificum made many people happy when he issued it ...
Lessons from the Archives

Elizabeth Jennings: The Catholic bag-lady of poetry

the poet elizabeth jennings was born on this day in 1926. a devout catholic, she attended st anne's college, oxford, where she lived all her...
FromtheArchives

Breaking: Pope Francis issues restrictions on extraordinary form Masses in new motu proprio

vatican city, jul 16, 2021 / 04:45 am. pope francis issued a motu proprio on friday restricting masses celebrated in the extraordinary form ...
Catholic News Agency

A slippery slope: When Catholics follow their reason straight out of the Church

forty-some years ago, i sat in on meetings of the presumptuously-named philosophers club, which met in the home of its san diego founder, a ...
KarlKeating

Convert Stories: Charles Moore joins the universal Church and finds his politics challenged

the  catholic herald 's extraordinary archives include many convert stories, which we will feature from time to time. interviewed in 19...
FromtheArchives

At Angelus Pope Francis appeals for "free" healthcare

pope francis leads the angelus prayer from rome's gemelli hospital on 11 july 2021, where he is recovering from colon surgery. (filippo mont...
Staff Reporter

The patron saint of footballers ... is an Italian

ten years ago, reporting that the vatican had named st luigi scrosoppi as the patron saint of footballers, the catholic herald 's editors no...
FromtheArchives