Soul

Rising from the ashes: Notre Dame comes to Westminster Abbey

on 15 april 2019 the world watched as notre dame de paris burned. after the flèche collapsed and smoke appeared through the louvres of the w...
Serenhedd James

Pilgrimage standoff: Assisi v. Santiago de Compostela, which comes out on top?

can one commit pilgrimage “adultery”? in the months of planning leading up to taking a group of catholic herald pilgrims along a portion of ...
James Jeffrey

Understanding Jesus's presence with 'wild beasts' in today's Gospel

"the spirit drove jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by satan. he was with the wild beasts,...
Fr David Howell

What the media misses with its cynical take on ‘Gen Z’ embracing traditional Catholicism

since the coining of the term “gen z”, older generations have maintained a steady interest in their habits. observed with fascination, like ...
Thomas Edwards

Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

a collective letter entitled “filial appeal” has gained the signatures of around 90 prominent clergymen, intellectuals and authors around th...
Tom Colsy

On the Record: Musical choices for heart and soul this Lenten season

candlemas was only just a couple of weeks ago; an early easter this year means that lent is here already. if i were to suggest  miserer...
Alex Hodgkinson

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

rome – pope francis told catholics to carve out a silent space for god amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private as h...
Elise Allen

Female diaconate possible according to theologian nun advising Pope

rome – a spanish nun who has participated in recent meetings of pope francis’s top advisory body has said that while women’s priestly ordina...
Elise Allen

A Valentine's Day reflection on Terni: the Italian home of Saint Valentine

the catholic herald knows all about where saint valentine comes from. his hometown of terni, about 60 kilometres north of rome, is where we ...
James Jeffrey

Pope St Leo the Great on keeping a Holy Lent

a reflection from pope st leo the great – sermon 46 : the right practise of abstinence is needful not only to the mortification of the flesh...
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