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Catholics and 'eucharistic' Dorito chips collide as US election gets even whackier

there are no signs that this us presidential election campaign is going to get any less zany, fraught and often just downright baffling. amo...

In the land where priests are 'lords', Pope warns clergy never to ‘crush others’

dili – catholic priests matter in east timor. they matter a lot. though the country is a 21st century and “modern” phenomenon, having become...

Elise Ann Allen

The skull of St Thomas More is said to be decaying - how much should we care?

montreal-based writer anna farrow argues that any deterioration of the major relic ought to be taken very seriously indeed i come from a fam...

The Catholic Herald

British doctors’ union drops opposition to assisted suicide

washington d.c., sep 14, 2021 / 17:02 pm in a significant shift, the trade union for doctors in the united kingdom, is no longer officially ...

Christine-Rousselle

Unpacking the rise of Kamala Harris that leaves a choice between 'lesser of two evils'

with the stepping-back of president joe biden from this year’s race for the white house and his replacement with kamala harris, yet again ch...

Nicholas Wapshott

To love, a parent must sometimes say 'no'

hadley freeman stated the obvious in the sunday times , namely that the price for being a good parent is hatred. freeman was speaking out ag...

German bishops are failing to defend the faith

arriving in regensburg from stockholm, the pandemic was omnipresent. even at st wolfgang’s, the 19th-century seminary building where i met g...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Archbishop John Wester agrees with Trump on nuclear weapons

a us archbishop and leading catholic voice on nuclear disarmament has said he shares the us president's concerns over nuclear prolifera...

Diary from Jerusalem

nothing prepared me for the booms that shook the building and bounced me out of bed. i had been sleeping in my room at the notre dame of jer...

Michael J. La Civita

Tessa's Feasts: Honouring St Brigid, the patron saint of poultry

looking for a little help in the kitchen? how about turning to a patron saint for culinary inspiration? you probably won’t experience a mira...