I’m turning to a mad ‘saint’ in my hour of need
January 14, 2016
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King Henry VI may not be a canonised saint but the miracles attributed to his intercession are legion
How should we mark the anniversary of the Reformation?
November 26, 2015
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The Protestant revolution was marked by iconoclasm and the abolition of many spiritual practices. So how do we mark it without offending fellow Christians?
Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/01/15
January 30, 2015
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/09/13
September 20, 2013
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Eamon Duffy talks of ‘the Sovietisation of Catholic intellectual life’ and quotes Newman in defence of Tina Beattie: Newman would disagree
November 14, 2012
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Catholic liberals keep trying to claim Newman as one of themselves, by quoting him out of context: but he was a dedicated scourge of liberalism
Top historian criticises St Mary’s for ‘grotesque’ treatment of professor
September 25, 2012
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Prof Eamon Duffy, an honorary fellow, said in a resignation letter that the university’s Catholic ethos had gone ‘badly amiss’
The German pope who took on the secular world
November 1, 2011
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An extract from Eamon Duffy’s new book, Ten Popes Who Shook the World
Are Catholic intellectuals losing touch with the mainstream?
May 9, 2011
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If so, this is bad news for the Church
Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/09/10
September 10, 2010
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