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On the First Day of Christmas: Bethlehem Bells

our correspondent may baldwin's account of christmas in the holy land - then a british protectorate under the terms of the league of nations...
May Baldwin

Christmas is an antidote to our pampered, egotistical culture

it is no longer fashionable to preach on the “four last things” during advent. death, judgement, hell and heaven are not easy to digest for ...
Gavin Ashenden

Vatican laicises U.S. pro-life activist priest for 'blasphemous' communications

the vatican has laicised an internationally renowned pro-life activist priest for “blasphemous communications on social media”. fr frank pav...
Simon Caldwell

Pope warns race-baiters against 'appropriation' of Our Lady of Guadalupe

on the feast day of our lady of guadalupe earlier this week, pope francis, celebrating in the vatican, offered some helpful insights into ho...
Gavin Ashenden

Majority of Catholic US senators vote to redefine marriage

a majority of catholics in the us house of representatives voted last thursday to pass the “respect for marriage act” which will redefine ma...
Olenka Hamilton

The rise of Protestantism in Latin America

liberation sexuality is no more successful than liberation theology , writes gavin ashenden “the vatican is losing the largest catholic coun...
Gavin Ashenden

Census 2021: the hidden threat to church and state

the shift in religious and christian allegiance within the population was always predicted to arrive around about now, and here it is. sudde...
Gavin Ashenden

Church and state's uneasy relationship

the coercive power of the state is found from the start of the story of our salvation; it’s in the nativity story itself and the feasts that...
Piers Paul Read

Scion of distinguished recusant family

sir simon towneley died on 11 november, aged 100. he was the first catholic to be lord lieutenant of lancashire, in which office he served f...
The Catholic Herald

Russia hits out at Pope for calling ethnic minority soldiers 'cruel'

the russian government has condemned comments made by the pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the i...
Olenka Hamilton