Stephen Morgan, Author at Catholic Herald

Stephen Morgan

Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis, by John T McGreevy

May 16, 2023

Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis John T McGreevy WW Norton & Co, £22.99, 528 pages The global history of Catholicism in the 234 years since the cataclysm of the French Revolution is a big subject and this is a big book, taking in the Catholic Church’s development and influence

Why my Chinese and Western acquaintances see this crisis differently

March 26, 2020

Never have the cultural differences between China and the West been so obvious to me as in the response to coronavirus. To understand the Chinese reaction, you have to grasp that its culture is grounded in the thought of Confucius. The emphasis he placed on the proper ordering of relationships – on harmony, loyalty and

In coronavirus-hit Macao, we’re in lockdown. But it’s not all gloom

March 05, 2020

The combination of a highly infectious disease, large numbers of tourists and the most densely populated city on earth made Macao look like a pretty dangerous place as news of the coronavirus began to seep out from China’s Hubei province in January. That the city has had only 10 cases, none of them fatal, is

The theology of deacons comes of age

September 14, 2017

The Character of the Deacon edited by James Keating, Paulist Press, £13.99 In his characteristically generous foreword, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, describes this volume of essays as “an excellent resource for those in formation” for the diaconate and those already ordained. That need not be the full extent of its intended readership, however.

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