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January 30, 2023

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

Vatican abuse inquiry into Hexham and Newcastle will cause ‘pain and shame’, says Archbishop

January 30, 2023

Catholics of the diocese in the spotlight of a Vatican abuse inquiry were warned yesterday to brace themselves for a period of “pain and shame” as investigators establish the truth behind the shock resignation of their bishop. Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool said in a pastoral letter to the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle that

Notebook from Lourdes: the role of Catholic journalists today

January 30, 2023

Three days were set aside for the 26th meeting of Catholic journalists – the Catholic Media Federation’s International Day of Saint Francis de Sales, named after the patron of journalists whose feast it is on January 24. The event was organised to run from Wednesday 25 through to Friday 27 January. Gad Elmaleh, the famous Jewish

People need to know the Church is not anti-science

January 30, 2023

Edmund Adamus speaks to children’s author Elizabeth Peck about how to address the misconception that science and religion are in conflict

What does Pope Francis really think about homosexuality and sin?

January 30, 2023

There was a flurry of correspondence between the tireless LGBTQ+ activist Fr James Martin and Pope Francis on Saturday 27 January. Fr Martin’s whole ministry is bound up by his desire to have the Catholic understanding of homosexuality changed. The correspondence followed an interview Pope Francis gave to Associated Press in which the Pope emphasised that