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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

Feast for the ears: some listening choices from the Herald's musician-in-residence

casting our eyes back a little, felix mendelssohn’s oratorio paulus (st paul) achieved considerable success after its first performance in 1...

Fr Calvin Robinson's priestly licence revoked after arm gesture during speech

fr calvin robinson, a priest of the anglican catholic church and an outspoken public commentator, has had his licence to minister within his...

Catholic Charities NY admits federal push to catch criminal immigrants ‘legitimate’

the head of catholic charities in the archdiocese of new york says that while the organisation is concerned for many immigrants, he also und...

Hungary puts EU to shame by helping over 2 million persecuted Christians

hungary has helped more than two million persecuted christians through a government-funded aid scheme, according to a prominent hungarian po...

US bishops criticise Trump’s decision to end Venezuelan protections

the u.s. bishops have called the trump administration’s decision to revoke temporary legal protections for venezuelan immigrants “counterpro...

Slavery, open borders and the context of love beg the question: 'Who is my neighbour?'

both catholics and anglicans have been caught up in theological and political arguments about the relationship between politics and the theo...

The murder of an American priest and cultural shifts in Spain

on january 20, a catholic priest, fr richard k. gross from boston, was murdered on the first day of his holiday in the andalusian city of má...

Parental role in a child's education ‘rightly’ affirmed by executive order, say US bishops

the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) has spoken out in favour of the recent presidential executive order that promotes p...

‘These men fear nothing’: Filipino bishops criticised after new data on clerical abuse

catholic bishops in the philippines have been accused of having a “deep sense of entitlement”, displaying unyielding arrogance when it comes...