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Betraying the abolitionists
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1266+ words) The real disaster, however, is that her political views obscure the inspiration of Jesus in the lives of reformers and throughout history, and immersing salvific heroism in a dark pool of undeserved guilt. Slavery was a monstrous evil. Africans were…...
In Pictures: Faithful pack Oscott for WeBelieve Festival
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (142+ words) The Catholic Herald In Pictures: Faithful pack Oscott for WeBelieve Festival The 2026 WeBelieve Festival brought Catholics from across Britain together at St Mary’s College, Oscott, from July 24 to 27 for four days of prayer, formation and fellowship. The sold-out gathering celebrated…...
Bishop Davies: Be resolute in defending human life
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (419+ words) The Catholic Herald We value your privacy - Description WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly. - Description The cookietest cookie is typically used…...
Traditionis custodes: Five years on
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1232+ words) The Catholic Herald Traditionis custodes: Five years on As the fifth anniversary of Traditionis custodes (“TC”) restricting the Traditional Latin Mass comes round, what can be said of its operation? The Apostolic Letter given motu proprio (“by the Pope’s own…...
David Willey: the BBC’s chronicler of Rome and the papacy
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (580+ words) David Willey, the veteran BBC correspondent whose reporting from Rome spanned more than half a century and five pontificates, has died in Italy at the age of 93. David Douglas Willey was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in December 1932 and brought…...
The worst kind of Catholic politician
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (688+ words) The Catholic Herald The worst kind of Catholic politician There are, roughly, three kinds of Catholic politician in Britain. There is the kind who governs by catechism and seldom makes it off the back benches. There is the kind who…...
Bryan Johnson’s ‘clone’ and the pursuit of immortality
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (342+ words) What happens when humans try to play God in the creation of life? Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson could soon find out, as he is currently claiming that he has successfully cloned himself “as a newborn” and that “baby-bryan lives in…...
The Week in Review: Violence in Taybeh, record-breaking statue, ‘Baby Gabriel’ updates and St Bernadette on tour
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (1023+ words) The week saw renewed calls to defend persecuted Christians, tragedy among Polish pilgrims and continuing debate over assisted suicide, abortion and religious freedom. Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster has called on Catholics to support a petition urging the United Nations…...
An unforgettable feast of sacred music
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (281+ words) When I arrived at Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in good time for the St Birinus Festival’s Saturday evening performance of the Monteverdi Vespers in Dorchester Abbey, the village was abuzz with festivalgoers already steeped in this four-day summer festival of sacred music....
In praise of the Latin Mass Society
4+ week, 1+ day ago (190+ words) There’s a moment on the Latin Mass Society’s annual pilgrimage to Walsingham when the comparison with Chartres breaks down completely. You’ve spent the day walking the English countryside, chanting the rosary, singing hymns, gradually acquiring blisters, until somebody announces there’s…...