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Tag Archives: The Catholic Herald
Did you see the recent @CathHerald (UK) piece about St Mary of Egypt?
Did you all see the recent Catholic Herald (UK) piece about St Mary of Egypt? I don’t know what the HELL is going on at my former publication but they published a piece by a feminist about the saint and … Read More
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Wm. Oddie and Reading Francis Through Benedict
Over at the Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly, William Oddie has a piece in which he opines on the HUGE letter of support that Pope Francis send to Archbishop Marchetto. You will recall that Archbp. Marchetto has been … Read More
A plug for some British news and analysis sources
I had a note from a friend in London who is the media coordinator for Westminster Cathedral. Of late he has set up some new social media opportunities for the great church. Facebook Twitter Flicker Take a look at those. … Read More
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One priest’s tips for a better celebration of Holy Mass
At the site of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, there is an interesting piece by a priest who gives tips for a better celebration of Holy Mass, am improved ars celebrandi. There are tips for the priest … Read More
Fr. Finigan (Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist) on whether it is a sin to be late for Mass
My good friend, His Hermeneuticalness, The Dean of Bexley, the P.P. of Blackfen, Fr. Tim Finigan, has a useful post on his blog, which is also one of his columns for the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald. Each … Read More
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10 yr-old boy donates his film earnings to Mother Theresa’s sisters
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, usually provides us with the service each day of alerting us to a few interesting news items. I check it every day. Here is one the editor, Luke Coppen, found on UCANews (a … Read More
Catholic Herald notes
In the digital edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, I saw a great pieces. First, and I think this is only on the full, digital edition and not on the website, there is an article by … Read More
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The Catholic Herald on how to report on the Pope … NOT… (and a great deal on the digital edition)
Over at the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, there is some amusing but serious faux advice to secular journalists about how to report on the Pope. Check it out! Covering the Pope: a guide for journalists Milo Yiannopoulos … Read More
New iPhone/iPad app for The Catholic Herald and a sneaky way to get it cheaper
The best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald, now has a spiffy app for your iPhone and iPad. You can find it HERE. To see the whole paper you have to get a subscription. I have used the … Read More
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Wm. Oddie on reception of the new translation
In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, the indomiable William Oddie has comments about the first Sunday Mass with the new, corrected translation. I like this bit: Well, the new translation of the Mass is now up and … Read More
Wm. Oddie on the “tertium quid”
In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, William Oddie has a piece today following up on the reports surrounding the Instruction on Summ0rum Pontificum, Universae Ecclesiae. Let’s see some of it with my emphases and comments. The Pope’s … Read More
Discount on digital Catholic Herald (time’s running out on the ‘tenner’)
We need to support good Catholic publications. The UK’s best Catholic weekly The Catholic Herald has a digital web-edition, the whole print edition available online. You see the paper as it appears in the printed version. That means you can … Read More
Last minute gift idea? A special price on The Catholic Herald web edition!
The other day I mentioned in another entry that The Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly, had a special price right now for their web edition. Last minute gift idea for a person who may be hard to buy … Read More
Film maker changes his mind about Pope Benedict
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald has this interesting article. It is quite long, so I will show just part of it here. How I changed my mind about the Pope Mark Dowd embarks on a personal quest … Read More
The UK’s Catholic Herald on present attacks against Arcbhp. Nichols of Westminster
I made a correction to the top of this entry about what the Times wrote concerning Archbishop Nichols. A couple readers pointed out an error I made in respect the Times story. Thanks! ___ In the current number of the … Read More
The UK’s Catholic Herald writes of priest bloggers, especially Fr. Finigan
I am glad to post that the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has posted a brief piece about priest bloggers. What makes this article so congenial is that it talks about my good friend Fr. Tim Finigan, whose … Read More
