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Brett Kavanaugh praises US Supreme Court's role defending religious freedom

justice brett kavanaugh has praised recent court decisions by the supreme court that have protected religious liberty and stopped discrimina...

The Catholic Herald

Kamala Harris’s contempt for Catholic voting bloc may cost her dear in such a close election

as the us election gets ever closer in time and looks set to be no less close in terms of what will decide who wins it, there are increasing...

The Catholic Herald

Death at the hands of the state: MPs push for broader access ahead of assisted-dying Bill

london - scores of mps are pushing for broader access to assisted suicide ahead of the introduction of a bill to legalise the practice. they...

Two-Step Devil by Jamie Quatro is full of surprises

although her fiction was jarring and memorable, flannery o’connor’s nonfiction is also rich: replete with sharp insights about culture and c...

Nick Ripatrazone

Concessionary and Catholic-ish: Vance and Walz gave US voters a striking alternative to what they are used to

jd vance gave an accomplished performance at last night’s debate, with even democrat politican pete buttigieg describing it as “polished”. f...

JD Vance releases prayer he drew on before vice-presidential debate

jd vance has published a prayer that was sent to him by a priest before he went on stage for the vice-presidential debate on 1 october in ne...

A very American narrative: The rise of JD Vance that brought him to tonight's vice-presidential debate

with jd vance and tim walz, the us republican and democratic candidates for vice-president, going head-to-head tonight on tuesday 1 october ...

Archdiocese of Boston turns building developer in response to housing crisis

with the announcement of another affordable housing project, the archdiocese of boston now has under construction more than 150 mixed-unit a...

Understanding the Orthodox Christian worldview motivating Vladimir Putin in war with Ukraine

it seems a good, if not vital, moment to try and look beyond the narrow analysis of the dreadful war in ukraine provided by the vast majorit...

Confessional Catholics and US public life: Francis X Maier has a journalist’s head and a churchman’s heart

in the united states, opinion polls consistently suggest that to identify as catholic is not a reliable predictor of one’s favoured politica...