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Traitors winner Harry Clark meets Pope Leo XIV
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (186+ words) Harry Clark, winner of season two of the UK reality TV show The Traitors, has met Pope Leo XIV. During the meeting, Clark also prayed for the 80-year-old Pontiff, explaining: "I asked him if I could pray for him, because I…...
‘A star of the first magnitude’: Raphael at the Met
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (185+ words) A star of the first magnitude: Raphael at the Met'The Catholic Herald It took eight long years to put together this extraordinary exhibition at New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring over 200 works " including paintings, drawings and tapestries " most of…...
Europe’s crypts still have lessons for the living
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (331+ words) Visiting dead bodies is higher on more people's city-break bucket lists than you would expect. Particularly at the height of summer, crypts designed to preserve decaying remains tend to function as a cool respite from the sweaty Pl'tze and piazze…...
Belgian radio station smashes statues of Jesus but says no to insulting Muhammad
1+ week, 1+ day ago (388+ words) A Belgian radio station has provoked backlash after openly destroying Christian symbols while saying it would not do the same with Islamic ones. The event came to public attention after the presenters were interviewed by Catholic journalist Colm Flynn at…...
“Ballet can elevate body and soul together”
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1401+ words) Claire Kretzschmar is the artistic director of Ballet Hartford and a former soloist with New York City Ballet. Openly Catholic in her artistic vision, she is leading a significant renewal of sacred imagination in the arts, seeking to recover the…...
Louis Theroux’s missed opportunity on the ‘manosphere’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (11+ words) Louis Theroux's missed opportunity on the "manosphere'The Catholic Herald...
Silent disco planned at church in cemetery where Beethoven is buried
1+ week, 5+ day ago (239+ words) A Catholic cemetery church in Vienna is set to host a silent disco. St Borromeo's Church at Vienna Central Cemetery, where the composers Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms are all buried, will welcome revellers next month. Attendees are invited to "experience…...
Premier League’s Ben Doak shares Catholic faith, crediting St Michael for keeping away “all evil”
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (534+ words) A Scotland international footballer has spoken about his Catholic faith in a segment for BBC Scotland's A View From The Terrace, filmed in part at a church where the Traditional Latin Mass is celebrated. AFC Bournemouth winger and Scotland international…...
Lou Holtz, devout Catholic coach who led Notre Dame to national glory, dies aged 89
3+ week, 6+ day ago (384+ words) Devout Catholic, father of four, legendary football coach and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Lou Holtz has died. He went to his heavenly reward on March 4, surrounded by family and friends in Orlando, Florida, at the age of…...
Innocence, innuendo and the limits of humour
3+ week, 6+ day ago (275+ words) Parents began raising concerns after several Instagram posts and product images circulated again on social media, with many criticising the brand's repeated use of sexual innuendo in advertising for baby products. The backlash intensified in February when customers began calling…...