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The Sino-Vatican Pact fails again: an appeal from the Catholic Church in China

May 20, 2023

There is an old Chinese saying that ‘A gentleman would rather die than be humiliated’(士可殺不可辱). Chinese Catholics don’t want endless concessions that only bring pain and suffering to the Church. Even at the cost of diplomatic embarrassment, we would prefer that the Vatican break its silence and respond to this illicit translation with courage and dignity, rather than turning a blind eye to it.

On Pilgrimage With: Charles Moseley

May 16, 2023

Where would you go? My wholly unrealistic dream would be to walk in Galilee. I would love to walk the Via Francigena, starting in Canterbury, as two of my friends did when he retired from the Navy – she had offered him a nice relaxing cruise but understandably he was not interested. But I fear

French priests to carry ID cards to show if they are sex offenders

May 15, 2023

Priests in France will be required to carry QR codes that the public can scan in order to check if they have been struck off as part of a sexual abuse clampdown. The new wallet-sized ID cards will, after being scanned by a mobile phone, bring up a green, orange or red light depending on

Obituary: Sir Sebastian Roberts, 1954-2023

May 09, 2023

Popular officer and respected military ethicist. At six feet and seven inches, Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts, who died on March 9 aged 69, towered over his brother officers and the soldiers in his command. Nevertheless an imposing physical presence – made even taller in full-dress uniform by his ceremonial plumed cocked hat – belay a

‘The balm, the sceptre and the ball’

May 05, 2023

Allan Barton shows how the Coronation regalia evoke their medieval – and Catholic – predecessors The United Kingdom is unique in Europe in still preserving a coronation to mark the beginning of a new reign. Extraordinarily, given the religious revolution of the Protestant Reformation, the English coronation rite (for it is an English ritual) is

Order of Malta elects Canadian lawyer as new Grand Master

May 04, 2023

John Dunlap, a Canadian lawyer, was yesterday elected as the 81st Grand Master of the Order of Malta, the first Professed Knight from the Americas to be elected to the role. Dunlap, 66, from Ottawa, Canada, becomes the 81st Grand Master in the nearly 1,000-year history of the group which is formally known as Sovereign

Christian women and girls in Burkina Faso wear burqas to avoid attacks from Islamic extremists

May 03, 2023

CHRISTIAN women and girls in Burkina Faso need to wear burqas to avoid attacks from Islamic extremists, according to a priest in the country. Following an explosion of jihadist terror in 2015, extremist groups are still terrorising the Christian population, pressuring them to convert to Islam, Father Wenceslao Belem told Catholic charity Aid to the

God Save The King

May 02, 2023

When King Charles enters Westminster Abbey for his coronation on May 6 he will be preceded by the Cross of Wales, a silver processional cross made for the Church in Wales containing two relics of the True Cross. These were given to him by Pope Francis. It is a mute witness not only to the

The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

April 01, 2023

The Catholic Herald was in full view at the 18th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC, on March 13. Mark Randall introduced Archbishop Christopher Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, who relayed Pope Francis’s greetings. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Assisted dying? It’s happening

April 01, 2023

Assisted dying may not be legalised, but it is already taking place in British hospitals – without the consent of patients or their families. Nine years after the discredited Liverpool Care Pathway for end-of-life care was discontinued on the basis that it was euthanasia by another name, a report from the Lords and Commons and

The successes, and failures, of Pope Francis

April 01, 2023

Just over 10 years ago, Jorge Mario Bergoglio stood on the balcony of St Peter’s and said simply to the crowd, “Buona Sera”. It was the beginning of a pontificate very different from any other. Other popes have lived in the grand papal apartments where access to the pontiff could be physically controlled by the

New report on end-of-life care exposes euthanasia by another name

March 28, 2023

As a physician who has followed the issue of “end of life” pathways closely over the last 15 years, the contents of the report “When End-of-Life Care Goes Wrong” (WELCGW) – published on March 2 by the UK Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group – are not a surprise. However, they are tangible

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