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Bishop Barron: The teachings of the Church Fathers are our 'spiritual weapons' - it is madness to throw them away

( photograph: catholic herald columnist katherine bennett helped organise bishop barron's uk tour ) i have been watching bishop barron onlin...

Katherine Bennett

Bishops launch new 'academically rigorous' Religious Education Directory

education consultant edmund adamus explains what the catholic education service's new directory will mean for catholic schools in england an...

CPS rejects charges against Catholic arrested for 'thought crime' prayers

prosecutors have dismissed charges against a catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion facility. isabel vaughan...

On Pilgrimage With: Georgina, Duchess of Norfolk

where would you go?  almost certainly it would have to be to walsingham, medjugorje and fatima. would you make any special stops? absol...

The Catholic Herald

A salute to the restless genius of Sir Stephen Hough as he takes centre stage at Wigmore Hall

it’s hard to write about the pianist stephen hough, now elevated to the status of sir stephen, without listing his extensive claims to fame ...

The First Book of the Bible has everything

the first bit of the torah i translated was the story of noah. the dramatic events of the flood and all the heroic moments of the making of ...

'Freedom is ever new': The legacy of Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States endures

in a homily on april 19, 2008, pope benedict xvi noted the st patrick cathedral’s beautiful stained-glass windows, which “flood the interior...

Fr Carter Griffin

‘His heart beat with the love of Christ’

rome and the world bid farewell to cardinal george pell, as close to a thousand mourners from across the globe, including cardinals and arch...

The hope of the Church: Benedict XVI and the path to recovery

in 1969, while he was a professor of theology at the university of regensburg, fr joseph ratzinger gave a radio address in germany, asking “...

The Incarnation and the Crucifixion are woven together at Candlemas

as it is often noted, christmas seems to begin earlier and earlier every year: certain newspapers can be almost guaranteed to have a letter ...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP