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March 02, 2024
A Father’s Heart: Why does the Church insist on attendance at Mass?
March 02, 2024
One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions: We were raised strict Catholics. I kept practising, but I know my brother, Bill, stopped when he left home. We’re both grandparents now. I was surprised to receive an email from him saying that the Church teaches it is a mortal sin to miss Mass on Sunday,
There’s an easy-to-miss difference between sanctity and profanity that we must not forget
March 02, 2024
Recognising Christ is not always as straightforward a theological or spiritual task we would like it to be. For reasons that may become apparent, I have myself had difficulties in the past distinguishing Christ from a vicar called Cecil. To my surprise these have recently returned to haunt me. In the days when I was
‘Terrified’ pro-life student group needs police protection from baying mob at Manchester University
March 02, 2024
A student pro-life group who met at the University of Manchester required police intervention due to a hostile crowd of up to 250 people that surrounded the building where the meeting took place. The student pro-life group, Manchester Pro-Life Society, met for a talk on the evening of 1 March. The harassment began as soon
Missing mission: Where’s the Christian heritage at the British Museum?
March 02, 2024
In defence of the UK’s pre-eminent cultural institution, the theft of 2,000 items shows some vigilance when compared with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France’s loss of 30,000 books and manuscripts two decades ago. The British Museum’s recovery efforts are less impressive. Last October George Osborne, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer who now chairs the
Church leaders in Jerusalem call for ceasefire after latest loss of life in Gaza
March 02, 2024
ROME – After a disputed incident in which more than 100 Palestinians were killed while attempting to access humanitarian aid in Gaza, church leaders in Jerusalem have condemned what they described as a “wanton attack” and called for a ceasefire. In a March 1 statement, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem pointed to
Feeling the strain: Israel, Gaza and the ‘special relationship’ of Jewish-Catholic dialogue
March 02, 2024
ROME – In geopolitics, the concept of a “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom has been a cornerstone of strategic thinking since Winston Churchill coined the phrase in 1946. While it can mean vastly different things depending on who’s employing it, the basic idea is that the two partners will stand
On the Record: Listening from Lent to Passiontide, with one eye on Easter
March 02, 2024
Tenebrae factae sunt – there was darkness. Tenebrae is a dramatic three-part liturgy for Holy Week, consisting of sung Psalms, Lessons and Responsories – narrative reflections on the lessons. Taking place on the Eves of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday respectively, it is common to begin as daylight is fading, concluding in the
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