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Lockdown lessons must be learned: don’t shut down the Mass
January 01, 2024
One of the most extraordinary aspects of lockdown during Covid was that it entailed the closure of churches. Catholics could not pray in churches even when they were empty because churches were put in the same category as beauty salons, pubs, cinemas and hairdressers as places where social distancing would be difficult. As a result,
Christians in the Holy Land
January 01, 2024
This Christmastide issue of the Catholic Herald is a reminder that, for Christians, the festive season is still festive. Secular society may regard New Year’s Day as the start of a regime of fast and abstinence – or diet and exercise – but it falls during the Twelve Days of Christmas, which means that for
Scattering the ashes
January 01, 2024
Time was when Catholics simply didn’t do cremations, not least because it might complicate matters on the Day of Judgment, when the dead rise up bodily. Yet in countries such as Japan, cremation has long been accepted by the Church. We can rely on the omnipotence of God to reunite our atoms on the Last Day, no
New Year’s Resolutions from Catholic Herald friends and contributors
January 01, 2024
Fr Timothy Radcliffe, OP: My New Year’s resolution is to listen to more music, especially classical music. Beauty has its own authority, offering us “the light we cannot see” as in the marvellous novel by Anthony Doerr. It gives us a glimpse beyond the veil, of the peace and homeland for which we long. Anyway,
Christian villages in south Lebanon empty amid daily exchanges of rocket fire
December 22, 2023
Up to 90 per cent of the population of southern Lebanon’s Christian villages have left their homes since October to seek safety from daily rocket fire exchanged on the Israel-Lebanon border. Since the beginning of the military operation in Gaza, tensions have been rising between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. More than 130
‘Senseless’ attacks in Gaza: Christians shot and killed at Holy Family Church
December 16, 2023
On Saturday the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a statement that confirmed that a member of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) had shot and killed two Christian women, whom it named as “Nahida” and “Samar”, a mother and daughter, inside the church compound at Holy Family Church, Gaza. Most Christian families in Gaza have been
Police investigate Pope’s surgeon for alleged fabrication of medical records
December 15, 2023
ROME – A surgeon who has twice operated on Pope Francis is under investigation for falsifying hospital records. The Italian daily La Stampa reported that Sergio Alfieri of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital is now facing an investigation at the hands of Roman prosecutors. He is accused of signing forms in 2022 claiming he had performed surgeries
Pope has chosen where he wants to be buried 
December 13, 2023
Pope Francis addressed concerns about his health in a recent interview while discussing plans for his own funeral and burial in a different location to the majority of his papal predecessors. After having to cancel a 1 – 3 December trip to Dubai for a United Nations climate summit due to health issues, the Pope
Christian minority killed and dying due to Gaza conflict 
December 12, 2023
The Israel-Hamas conflict has claimed the lives of 22 people from among the roughly 1,000 Christians living in Gaza. An airstrike killed 17 Christians sheltering in the Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius on 19 October, and five others have died from lack of medical care.  On 12 December an unexploded rocket was discovered on the boundaries of
Bishop opens and blesses new headquarters for Catholic Education Trust serving North England
December 12, 2023
The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle has blessed the headquarters of one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country. Bishop Stephen Wright performed the formal opening ceremony of the building for the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, which was formed four years ago to serve five secondary schools, one middle school, forty-one primary schools,
Gaza’s only Catholic church damaged by shrapnel
December 11, 2023
The sole Catholic church in Gaza was damaged over the weekend as a result of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem confirmed that shrapnel from Israeli military strikes on buildings in the vicinity of the Holy Family Church had destroyed water tanks and solar panels on the roof of
Decline of faith in Netherlands leaves priests ‘burnt out’ and demoralised
December 08, 2023
S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands – Growing work pressure, parish mergers and church closings are causing stress for parish priests in the Netherlands, sometimes even leading to clergy feeling overwhelmed. Spokespeople for several Dutch dioceses acknowledge the problem, according to the Dutch Catholic weekly Katholiek Nieuwsblad, but they deny that there has been an increase in burnout
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