‘We should never have a perfect Church’ – Catholic Herald

Canon law is dinner-party talk once more. In households up and down the country, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, the canonical

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Cardinal Parolin on Vatican corruption trial: We’re victims – Catholic Herald

The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has confirmed that the Secretariat of State will constitute itself a “civil

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Vatican Finances: Cardinal Becciu, 9 others indicted on various charges – Catholic Herald

Vatican prosecutors have indicted a cardinal on charges of embezzlement, abuse of office, and criminal conspiracy, in connection with the

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Holy fool of letters – Catholic Herald

A new biography of DH Lawrence, Burning Man: The Ascent of DH Lawrence by Frances Wilson, is an opportunity to reflect not

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A communion conundrum – Catholic Herald

Until my late father-in-law went into a care home and forgot about church, he’d only missed Mass twice in the

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Prayer, Penance, and a Purring Motorcar: A Visit to England’s Silent Monastery – Catholic Herald

Then chairman of The Catholic Herald, Peter Sheppard, had been invited by Fr Michael Seed to visit the Carthusian monks

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Chesterton the catholic Catholic – Catholic Herald

Michael de la Bedoyere was the editor of The Catholic Herald and a friend both of G. K. Chesterton’s and his

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C. S. Lewis Would Have Approved of CRT – Catholic Herald

Tory Christian though he was, I think C. S. Lewis would have approved of Critical Race Theory, at least the

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Speaking of Race: It’s time to quit the semantic quibbling – Catholic Herald

One year ago, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, a controversial three-word slogan surged in prominence and

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What It Means to be On the Right – Catholic Herald

Writing in 1940, the Catholic Herald columnist Douglas Jerrold describes his understanding of what it means to be on the

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