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Podcast 35: Simon Johnson, Master of Music

February 03, 2023

In this 35th episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast series for The Catholic Herald, Dr Gavin Ashenden talks to Simon Johnson, the Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral and a man described as “one of the most versatile musicians of his generation”. Mr Johnson is a virtuoso organist with extensive work in choral direction, composition

On Pilgrimage With: Georgina, Duchess of Norfolk

February 02, 2023

Where would you go? Almost certainly it would have to be to Walsingham, Medjugorje and Fatima. Would you make any special stops? Absolutely! Last year I went with a few friends to Italy. We drove through beautiful countryside and visited Pietrelcina, Padre Pio’s birthplace and the chapel of San Francesco. Then we went on to

List: Pope Benedict XVI’s best quotes

February 01, 2023

The Herald highlights a small handful of quotable sayings from the late Pope Emeritus on Christian teaching, ministry and culture

Bishops oppose Scottish bill on gender recognition

February 01, 2023

The Catholic bishops of Scotland have aligned them-selves with women’s groups in urging MSPs to throw out a Bill to permit sex change by self-declaration. They say they are “gravely concerned” that the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will pose a threat to women and girls from predatory males who self-identify as female and who

Thank you, Cardinal Pell

January 31, 2023

The Herald pays tribute to, and remembers fondly, the late plain speaking and clear thinking Australian cardinal

There is a rot in the German Church

January 31, 2023

The German Church should examine its own funding system, rather than pander to gender ideologies and seek to change Catholic teaching

A good Pope, and a good man

January 30, 2023

The Catholic Herald pays homage to and remembers fondly the late Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI

Podcast 34: Steve Ray’s Personal Pilgrimage

January 27, 2023

This week Dr Gavin Ashenden talks to Steve Ray, the acclaimed American author of Crossing The Tiber and Upon This Rock, among other titles, and a man hailed as one of the most effective Catholic apologists of the present generation. In this 34th episode of the Merely Catholic podcast series for the Catholic Herald, Mr

Merely Catholic Podcast: Farewell Cardinal Pell, ‘a great defender of the faith’

January 20, 2023

Dr Gavin Ashenden is joined this week by Edward Pentin, the distinguished English Catholic journalist and veteran Rome correspondent, to discuss the triumphs and tribulations of Cardinal George Pell, a giant of the Catholic Church who died suddenly last week following routine surgery

Podcast 32: Archbishop Ganswein’s ‘Nothing But The Truth’

January 13, 2023

Ever since the misleading and fourth rate film The Two Popes appeared on our screens, the public has been understandably hungry to know what the relationship between the pope emeritus, Benedict 16th, and the current pope, Francis, was really like behind the scenes. Somewhat to our surprise, Archbishop Ganswein, chaplain and secretary to the pope

Something sinister about the Synod (with Cardinal George Pell)

January 12, 2023

“What weight do we give to the teaching of Jesus Christ and the Apostles?” In the second episode of our Merely Catholic podcast series Dr Gavin Ashenden spoke to the late Cardinal George Pell about dangers inherent in conforming to contemporary fads and ideologies. Bishops presiding over the German Synodal Path would be embarking on

Cardinal George Pell: 1941-2023

January 11, 2023

With the sudden death of George Pell in Rome the Church has lost a remarkable voice. His last public appearance was as a concelebrant at Pope Benedict’s funeral on 5 January; he died of complications following what should have been a routine operation five days later.

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