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November 01, 2023

Resomation: Water cremation has no place in Christian funerals

November 01, 2023

Queen Elizabeth II, of happy memory, had a dignified funeral. At its conclusion, the late monarch’s remains were sent to their place of burial – as Christians have been for time out of mind – “in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, when Christ shall be all in all”. The practice

Holy Cross College: ‘This is a place that is deeply spiritual’

November 01, 2023

We catch up with Marco Clark, President of Holy Cross College at Notre Dame. Catholic Herald: To start with, could you just give me a thumbnail sketch of Holy Cross College? Marco Clark: Sure. Holy Cross College was founded in 1966 by the Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross. In 2003, we became a four-year

Belmont Abbey College: Offering a supportive campus atmosphere

November 01, 2023

An interview with Abbot Placid Solari, Chancellor of Belmont Abbey College. Catholic Herald: Please give us a brief history of Belmont Abbey College. Abbot Placid Solari: Founded in 1876 as St Mary’s College by the Benedictine monks of St Vincent’s Abbey in Pennsylvania, the college began with just two students and was originally attended by

Thomas More College of Liberal Arts: Life lived in the Truth in a colonial farmhouse

November 01, 2023

William Cash on why small is beautiful for the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. When your educational headquarters is what the Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College calls more of a “colonial farmhouse” than a sprawling campus, it’s difficult to compare the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts with, say, Boston College. But

Diary: by Ed Stourton

November 01, 2023

My Saturday afternoons begin with a quiet prayer of thanks for a lockdown legacy. In pre-pandemic days, I boarded a train for Manchester at two, armed with briefing notes for the following morning’s Sunday, which is broadcast from the BBC’s Salford studios. But when Covid chaos kept us all at home, the crisis inspired innovation;

A time to keep silence?: The Church’s problems will not be solved by papal grandstanding

November 01, 2023

Pope Francis’s pontificate has now lasted well over a decade. In that time, he has published three encyclicals and six apostolic exhortations, the most recent of which came out last month, on the feast of St Francis of Assisi. He has also issued dozens of apostolic letters and motu proprios. This is not especially unusual

Requiescant in pace: Pray for the dead

November 01, 2023

November, the last month of the Church’s year, is when we pray for the dead. This baffles the secular minded and scandalises even other Christians – it was one of the great divid- ing lines between Catholics and Protestants at the Reformation. Yet the practice is fundamental to Catholic belief, for it is an axiom of faith

When patients do know best

November 01, 2023

The Catholic Herald reported in last month’s issue on the case of a young woman, Sudiksha Thirumalesh, 19, who died from a degenerative disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, aggravated by Covid, after a long dispute with the NHS Trust in charge of her care. Her condition meant that she needed dialysis and ventilation. She declared that

Three cheers for Laudate Deum

November 01, 2023

Kathryn Brown finds much to commend in the latest papal offering on the environment. On October 4 Pope Francis published an apostolic exhortation on climate change, following on from Laudato Si’, his 2015 encylical on the same subject. Laudate Deum entreats “all people of good will” to understand and address the cli- mate change crisis

Interrogating Tim Collins, President of Walsh University

November 01, 2023

The Catholic Herald puts Tim Collins, President of Walsh University in Ohio, under interrogation. What was your career break? Serving as the seventh president of Walsh University is my third career. Opportunities disguised as challenges became “breaks” when I chose to try to overcome rather than retreat. I am also a retired US Air Force

Pray for the Holy Land

November 01, 2023

The psalmist tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. After the terrible escalation of violence since 7 October, Christians will have been extending their prayers to all of what we still call the Holy Land. On that day, Hamas terrorists murdered some 1,400 Jews, including the very young and very old, and took

Scottish surprises: a story of restoration north of the border

November 01, 2023

It’s finally happened: I’ve been to Mass in my carpet slippers. One Sunday morning I found myself at a lovely house party, staying with friends not far from Dundee. In previous years a convoy of vehicles has trundled down the drive towards the nearest church, but the preaching style of the parish priest and the