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'Do not kowtow to this evil': a Chinese Catholic speaks out as senior Communist-endorsed bishop visits Hong Kong

we hear a lot about china these days : from official vatican narratives surrounding the effectiveness of the controversial sino-vatican pact...

The Catholic Herald

If Only Americans Thought Like Catholics

a man embraces his wife and daughter after crossing the rio grande near the border between mexico and the united states in del rio, texas. (...

Curing the sick and casting out demons: Christ’s earthly ministry was to heal and to cleanse

the last two “ordinary” sundays before lent begins tomorrow, 14 february on ash wednesday, saw us reading from the first chapter of st mark’...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Biden Calls for Unity, Pushes Contentious Agenda

-- washington, dc -- a few minutes past 9pm in washington, dc, us president joe biden entered the chamber of the us house of representatives...

Order of Malta elects Canadian lawyer as new Grand Master

john dunlap, a canadian lawyer, was yesterday elected as the 81st grand master of the order of malta, the first professed knight from the am...

The Catholic Herald

Messi: World Cup win a 'gift from God'

soccer hero lionel messi yesterday declared the world cup victory of argentina over france as a gift from god. he told journalists in qatar ...

US Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Sports and Entertainment

simone biles olympic gymnast simone biles, 25 and a resident of texas, having won 25 world championship medals, is considered by many to be ...

The Catholic Herald

Roe v Wade, abortion, and the natural law

almost half a century ago the roe v wade decision created a right to abortion, preventing lawmakers in the united states from passing laws t...

David Albert Jones

The problems with Jacques Maritain's political philosophy

jacques maritain, the most famous thomist philosopher of his age, contributed to the drafting of the united nations declaration of human rig...

Anthony McCarthy

Fiducia Supplicans: Taking stock

we’ve been here before, says john l allen jr, as the arguments continue. after years of ferment in catholicism over a highly sensitive matte...