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Keeping the faith with Aid to the Church in Need

i had already tried my hand at bible smuggling behind the iron curtain into moscow and leningrad when the call came from aid to the church i...
Gavin Ashenden

Ignatian exercises in Essex

at a time when single-sex, faith-based education is under threat from intrusive government policies and aggressive secularism, the campion s...
Thomas Edwards

Rites of passage: Rome's Holy Doors and Jubilee years

on sunday, 5 january, at the start of 2025, pope francis opened the final holy door in rome for the jubilee year in the grand basilica of sa...
Thomas Edwards

EU’s top bishop calls for urgent action on catastrophic crisis in DRC

the president of the commission of the bishops’ conferences of the european union (comece) is urging the eu to take further action over the ...
The Catholic Herald

There's an epidemic of loneliness – time to bring back the Parish Dance

have you ever noticed how much rarer couples are nowadays than they once were, especially outside the church? statistics show that fewer and...
PeterDayMilne

Police officer orders Catholic woman to leave public area because her views are 'offensive'

new video footage shows a police officer demanding a catholic woman walk away from an abortion clinic simply because of what she is known to...
Simon Caldwell

On pilgrimage to Tolstoy's grave, with author and presenter Barnaby Rogerson

where would you go? to the grass-covered grave, a lovely bump in the ground, where tolstoy is buried in the woods of his old family estate a...
The Catholic Herald

Fullness of faith at Churchill's old school: the Herald calls on the chaplaincy at Harrow

winston churchill went to harrow. for the 150th anniversary of his birth, the school invited me to speak on churchill and god. the audience ...
Fr Mark Vickers

Full of grace: Our Lady leads us towards a new horizon of prayer

in the history of the spiritual life of the church, devotion to mary has always held a prominent and beloved place. as christians have sough...
Fr Jeffrey Kirby C

Putting out to sea: Jesus calls; Peter follows

getting into one of the boats, which was simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land . (luke 5:3) in this sunday’s gospel we see...
Fr David Howell