The ferocious foe of Protestantism
March 30, 2017
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John Guy’s work entertains but fails to cohere as he treads the familiar ground of Thomas More’s life
What’s inside this week’s magazine?
February 1, 2017
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Take a look inside this week’s Catholic Herald
What’s inside this week’s magazine?
December 22, 2016
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Take a look inside this week’s magazine
St Thomas More’s hair shirt now enshrined for public veneration
November 22, 2016
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The shirt worn by the saint as he contemplated a martyr’s death in the Tower of London has been encased above an altar in Buckfast Abbey
Nine wonderful reasons to be Catholic
May 3, 2016
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A recent comment under one of my blogs beautifully illustrated why I chose to be Catholic
Thomas More and John Fisher: two saints who died for the integrity of the Catholic Church
June 22, 2015
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Fisher and More lived exemplary lives and were content to be martyred for the faith
The hate that created a new breed of martyr
May 28, 2015
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The Church has recognised a broad category of martyrs throughout the 20th century
Saints of the week: The 40 Martyrs of England and Wales
April 30, 2015
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Among the martyrs are St Richard Reynolds, one of four people hanged on May 4 1535
Bishops criticise ‘perverse’ depiction of St Thomas More in Wolf Hall
February 2, 2015
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Bishop Mark Davies says ‘one of the greatest Englishmen’ has been presented as ‘a scheming villain’
Like Richard III, Henry VII’s reputation is sullied by the disappearance of the two princes
September 26, 2013
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There is no evidence of endowments set up to pay for prayers for the princes – Henry may have been scared of inspiring a religious cult
What makes us Catholics?
April 16, 2012
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Prayer, love and forgiveness are not enough in themselves