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Editorial - Compared to Catholicism, what exactly is 'Cultural Christianity'?

this month's magazine cover issue is the prospect of britain’s first avowedly atheist prime minister after the uk general election on 4 july...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Fernández battles to fix rift with Copts over gay blessings document

rome – the vatican’s doctrinal chief has held talks with the coptic leader to heal the rift caused by rome's decision to provide non-liturgi...
The Catholic Herald

Problems with the Vatican's new norms for vetting supernatural phenomena

one of the most compelling attractions of catholicism is the immersion in the supernatural. the church birthed with the miracle of the resur...
Gavin Ashenden

The Acts of the Spirit: A dramatic sequel to the Gospels, with St Stephen to the fore

throughout the easter season we read large chunks of the acts of the apostles, and this month we celebrate two of the events related therein...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Carlo Acutis will be canonised after second miracle recognised

pope francis has recognised a miracle attributed to the intercession of blessed carlo acutis and today signed a decree which paves the way f...
The Catholic Herald

Hervé’s Way: The story of a one-legged pilgrim

it’s early in the morning. the clouds are low, there’s a chill in the air, the birds are singing. i’m walking out of the tuscan town of sarz...
John Laurenson

Tales of Walsingham: a pilgrim reflects on journeying to England's 'Nazareth'

whan that aprille with his shoures soote, the droghte of march hath perced to the roote… thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages . ( when&...
MichaelSwift

Cardinal Tagle to serve as Pope’s special envoy to US National Eucharistic Congress

new york — in what the head of the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) is calling a “gift,” filipino cardinal luis tagle wi...
johnlavenburg

Bach’s Mass in B Minor highlights how the great composer wove a ‘potent, steadfast faith' into his music

the "k" of the first kyrie shot straight down the middle of yale university’s impressive woolsey hall like a burning arrow; a foretaste of t...
Alex Hodgkinson

A surfeit of minor keys this Easter

michael white enjoys two requiems, a stabat mater and two outstanding premieres . musically, the journey through holy week to easter is a sl...
Michael White