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Catholics join ecumenical celebration of the Millennium of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
May 19, 2022
Francis Young
The weekend of 14th and 15th May witnessed a historic return of Benedictine monks to the site of the Abbey of St Edmund, Bury St Edmunds, whose millennium is being celebrated by the town in 2022. Monks of the English Benedictine Congregation from Douai Abbey and Ampleforth Abbey were joined by the Bishop of East
The Vatican’s trials and tribulations
August 28, 2021
The Catholic Herald
Early next month, the trial resumes of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others charged with a number of serious irregularities relating to Vatican finances – embezzlement, money laundering and abuse of office. Cardinal Becciu is the most prominent, being not only a former close associate of the pope, but the cardinal responsible for the advancement
C. S. Lewis: At first sight a disappointment
July 07, 2021
From the Archives
The poet Elizabeth Jennings reviews a book of reminiscences about C. S. Lewis, whom she heard lecture when a student at St Anne’s college. The book, Light on C. S. Lewis, included contributions from Owen Barfield, Stella Gibbons, Austin Farrer, Kathleen Raine, and Neville Coghill, but not J. R. R. Tolkien.  Jennings — whose New
Free the Latin Mass, for the good of the Church and the people who need it
July 06, 2021
David Mills
Those who want the Latin Mass “only wish to be part of that ‘great orchestra’ of ‘unity in variety’ which, as Pope Francis said, reflects the true catholicity of the Church.” Many with leadership roles in the Church are keen to exclude them.
In cheeses we trust
June 01, 2021
Anthony Cazalet
Anthony Cazalet explores the rich and pungent history of monastic cheesemaking
Reading, writing, rebellion
April 01, 2021
Mary Kenny
For a century, modern Irish Catholic writers have pushed against their faith 
– and yet drawn on it, too
The Anti-Pelagian Queen’s Gambit
January 05, 2021
Paul Fahey
Beth Harmon is profoundly wounded from being rejected by her parents and by others who should have loved and accepted her. The orphaned chess prodigy who is the subject of Netflix’s new original series, The Queen’s Gambit, turns to drugs and alcohol not only to cope, but to play chess and win.
Argentina Says the Quiet Pro-Choice Part Out Loud
December 30, 2020
Charlie Camosy
There is so much bad faith and general dishonesty in public discourse over contentious issues, and particularly when people argue about abortion, that it is refreshing when someone tells the unvarnished truth about what they believe. This happened in the white-hot abortion debate in Argentina, which ended last night as the nation’s senate approved a
Favorite Christmas Books, Movies, Music, Stories
December 24, 2020
The Catholic Herald
Chapter House columnists and contributors to this page share their favorite Christmas story, book, movie, or music.
In 2010 I was an Anglican. Benedict XVI’s UK visit changed my life
November 27, 2020
Fr James Bradley
Fr James Bradley remembers a transformative evening in Hyde Park
Law and our Christian heritage: an interview with a Catholic barrister
November 25, 2020
Simon Caldwell
‘A lot of people nowadays want to come to a decision – not only on criminal matters – without giving people the benefit of the doubt’
Prophets who foretold the end of Catholic Ireland – and mourned it
November 15, 2020
Michael Duggan
Long before its collapse became evident, three writers foretold the decline of the Irish Church – and worried about what would come next
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