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October 03, 2023

Pope’s new head of doctrine praises department’s ‘democratic system’ for handling queries

October 03, 2023

ROME – Pope Francis’s new doctrine chief has said he believes a revised structure for his department is working well, and now includes a “democratic system” for handling whatever queries or complaints might arrive that prohibits him from making unilateral decisions. New Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, a close papal friend and ghostwriter who recently became

The necessity of a silent reception of Holy Communion

October 03, 2023

A Herald reader reflects on a recent experience. At the church which I attend, Communion is received kneeling, on the tongue. “Corpus Christi,” said the priest, and held the Host in front of my face, but out of reach. There was a pause. “Amen,” he said, pointedly. Open mouthed, I said nothing. For a second,

A screenplay about the life of Fr John Gerard: a positively countercultural project

October 03, 2023

Mark Batey introduces his screenplay about the life of Fr John Gerard. Cancel culture, thought police, identity politics. These may sound like modern concepts. Yet across cent- uries and continents examples of radical social engineering abound, with the airbrushing of history and purging of tradition. Top-down cultural revolution, by a totalitarian state or a powerful