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September 06, 2018

Letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. Email: [email protected] Due to space constraints, please keep correspondence below 250 words, longer letters may be published online No need for pilgrims to go abroad SIR – I essentially agree with the conclusions of your insightful

Now or never

September 06, 2018

Archbishop Charles Chaput has urged the Pope to delay next month’s youth synod in Rome. Speaking at a conference last week, the Archbishop of Philadelphia said he had written to Francis arguing that “right now, the bishops would have absolutely no credibility in addressing this topic”. The archbishop did not need to explain to his

Cartoon: by Kipper Williams

September 06, 2018

Mass readings

August 30, 2018

Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, September 2: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 4:1-2, 6-8; Ps 15; Jas 1:17-18, 21B-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Monday, September 3: St Gregory the Great 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119; Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday, September 4: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Cuthbert, 1 Cor 2:10B-16; Ps

Comments of the week

August 30, 2018

Letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. Email: [email protected] Due to space constraints, please keep correspondence below 250 words, longer letters may be published online Put the ordinariate in charge of schools SIR – The recent news about abuse at two major Catholic

John Paul I: How the Catholic Herald saw him

August 30, 2018

September 1, 1978 The more we get to know Pope John Paul the more we like him. He was first described as the Unknown Pope but this merely goes to show that the most public candidate is not always God’s candidate. We asked for a holy, simple-living, human pastor with a sense of humour and

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August 30, 2018

Deep waters

August 30, 2018

When Church historians look back on the early 21st century, they may focus on a middle-ranking Italian archbishop. He was unfamiliar to most contemporary Catholics, but he was at the centre of two of the great controversies of the second decade of that century, one of which led to a papal resignation and the other

Cartoon: by Kipper Williams

August 30, 2018

Mass readings

August 23, 2018

Ordinary Form Divine Office Week I Sunday, August 26: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Jos 24:1-2A, 15-17, 18B; Ps 34; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69 Monday, August 27: St Monica 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 96; Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday, August 28: St Augustine 2 Thes 2:1-3A, 14-17; Ps 96; Mt 23:23-26 Wednesday, August 29: The Passion

The Pope’s next steps

August 23, 2018

This is either the best or the worst time for a papal visit to Ireland. It’s easy to understand why it might be the worst. Consider these news stories from just the past week: ■ A grand jury report on six dioceses in Pennsylvania found that 300 priests had abused more than 1,000 people over

Comments of the week

August 23, 2018

Letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. Email: [email protected] Due to space constraints, please keep correspondence below 250 words, longer letters may be published online Passing on the faith has just got harder SIR – I was a little heartened to read Tim

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