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Overlooked: Renewed pressure on Chinese priests

what happened? chinese clergy are coming under renewed pressure, despite the vatican’s attempts to find a middle ground, according to report...

The Catholic naval hero descended from St Thomas More

today he is little remembered. but admiral sir henry harwood made a crucial early contribution during the second world war: he injected a vi...

David Twiston Davies

Prize crossword 0605

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Olivier Roy: an impartial observer of Europe's crises

is europe christian? by olivier roy hurst, 112pp, £14.99/$19.99 everything seems to be about identity these days: politics, culture – even r...

Letters: Being 'born again' cannot just be an emotional experience

to be born again, we need sacraments sir – with the greatest respect, i have to differ quite sharply from fr rolheiser’s article on the mean...

The Catholic Herald

What will you reap? An Anglo-Saxon tradition to help us take stock

august 1, in the traditional calendar of the roman rite the feast of st peter in chains, is also in the english agricultural calendar lammas...

Charles Coulombe

In his letter to priests, the Pope speaks from the heart

in a surprise for the feast of st jean-marie vianney, pope francis released a lengthy and substantive letter to priests. august 4th this yea...

Fr Raymond de Souza

The best of the web: Cowardice, a late vocation, psychics

why courage can’t be put off till tomorrow at the irish rover, deion a kathawa argued that our “cultural sickness” is closely connected to t...

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The royal bully who retired to a monastery

emperor: a new life of charles v by geoffrey parker yale, 760pp, £25/$35 early 16th-century demographics can lead one to wonder how protesta...