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'This was an Iranian attack on Israel carried out by Hamas'

on october 7 more jews were killed in a single day than at any time since the holocaust. to all the hamas apologists, i want you to thi...
Brooks P V Newmark

Irish-Americans head back to ‘the old sod’

fr michael collins sees pilgrimages to ireland of the descendants of potato famine emigrants. the view from galway out to sea is always...
Father Michael Collins

'To Hamas, death, not life, is the prize'

minus the hebrew and arabic street signs and the garish posters of local politicians, the sunny tree-lined streets of sderot could almost be...
Georgia L. Gilholy

The Holy Land: Statement of the Patriarchs

the holy land, a place sacred to countless millions around the world, is currently mired in violence and suffering due to the prolonged poli...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis is well-intentioned but misguided when he talks about migrants

last week president emmanuel macron hosted two prestigious figures to france and one proved more problematical than the other.  king ch...
Gavin Mortimer

A split running through the Church

john l allen jr considers how the synod of bishops will be able to deal with hugely divisive issues. on october 4, the curtain will rise on ...
John Allen

‘Take that, schismatics!’

the right and the left in america are equally partisan about pope francis. whatever else has occurred during the present papacy, the catholi...
Ken Craycraft

Seriously ill teenager dies fighting mental competence ruling in UK court

a 19-year-old woman with a rare disease has died during a legal fight to circumvent a ruling that she was not competent to make decisions ab...
The Catholic Herald

'Alert and conscious' 19-year-old put on death pathway against her will

a judge has ruled that an “alert and conscious” adult woman does not have mental capacity because she disagrees with doctors who want to put...
Simon Caldwell

Pope Francis kicks off 'hot autumn' at the Vatican

rome – as summer winds down in rome and the city fills up with reluctant vacationers getting back to the grind, pope francis has kicked off ...
Elise Ann Allen