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Beyond the bling: Mughals, Catholics and glittering works of art

there must be plenty of art enthusiasts who don’t know what a regular mughal is, let alone a great mughal. the memory of a dynasty that was ...
Lucien de Guise

Cardinal calls all Catholics to 'holy hour' of prayer to defeat assisted suicide Bill

cardinal vincent nichols has called for catholics in england and wales to join him and fellow bishops to pray for a "holy hour" next week fo...
Simon Caldwell

Synodality and Christian anthropology: Cambridge remembers Nicholas Lash

nicholas lash receives a papal knighthood from bishop alan hopes in 2017 : www.rcdea.org.uk on the evening of 7 november, fisher house in ca...
Ciaron Tobin

'Can I receive Communion after getting divorced?' – one of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions

a concerned catholic : james and i divorced 20 years ago. i stopped going to communion because i knew that divorced people aren’t suppo...
The Catholic Herald

Sister Clare Crockett, the beloved 'All or Nothing' Irish nun, up for sainthood

the beatification cause is being opened for sister clare crockett, the young irish nun who turned her back on a promising acting career for ...
The Catholic Herald

The long and faithful history of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street:

the importance of the church of our lady of the assumption and st gregory in the history of catholicism in london over the past three centur...
Monsignor Keith Newton

New book questions role of priest in notorious witchcraft trial

a new book on witchcraft has challenged the alleged role of a catholic priest in coaching a teenage girl to accuse her relatives of sorcery ...
Simon Caldwell

Violence against Christians continues to rise worldwide

imagine the scene: one summer’s evening, a young mother’s peace is shattered when her brother bursts in, pursued by an angry mob. accusing h...
John Pontifex

Pope Francis' surprising propagation of an important and traditional devotion

pope francis is full of surprises, and the latest is his encyclical on that sometimes unfashionable aspect of catholic devotion, the sacred ...
The Catholic Herald

Veteran appeals abortion thought-crime rap as CPS allows discreet prayers

an army veteran prosecuted after he prayed silently outside an abortion clinic is to appeal against his conviction. adam smith-connor was la...
Simon Caldwell