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Fr George Rutler
Like physicists, we're looking for a theory of everything
it was gratifying to learn that my favourite delicacy as a child, caramel-coated popcorn called cracker jack, is still being sold. each box ...
Dear Fr Rutler: I can't stand my priest. Should I go parish-shopping?
dear father rutler, my wife is from poland, and with all the nuttiness in america today, i’m more and more inclined to accede to her request...
Dear Fr Rutler: Do I have to give up smoking to go to heaven?
i noticed there’s a new family in my parish this sunday and i was struck by one of their girls. she has curly brown hair and the sweetest, m...
Dear Fr Rutler: As a new convert, should I tone down my wardrobe?
dear father rutler, twice a month i attend a meeting of fellow knitters and needle-pointers. usually the conversations are focused on family...
Dear Fr Rutler: Can we feel too much sorrow for our sins?
dear father rutler, my family is mostly protestant, and they obviously don’t cross themselves before praying, say “debtors” instead of “tres...
Dear Fr Rutler: Can my bishop discipline me for offering the old Mass?
dear father rutler, a group of young parishioners has asked me to begin celebrating the latin mass once a week, which would be a great pleas...
Dear Fr Rutler: Is it sacrilege to let children 'play Mass'?
dear father rutler, my sister is a very pious, traditional catholic. however, she refuses to break her fast on sunday and major saints’ days...
Dear Fr Rutler: how do I get out of holding hands during the Our Father?
dear father rutler, my wife keeps trying to hold my hand during the our father. i’m sure it’s very sweet, but i find it annoying. would it b...
Dear Fr Rutler: my priest criticized me for kneeling for Communion. Was he right?
dear father rutler, i don’t want a single penny of my earnings to go to the bishops until they’ve cleaned up their act, but i’ve heard that ...
Dear Fr Rutler: I don't like giving the sign of peace. Is that wrong?
dear father rutler, i don’t like giving the sign of the peace at mass. it seems to me like a needless distraction. i can glad-hand mrs smith...
Dear Fr Rutler: how can a priest and recovering alcoholic consume the Precious Blood?
dear father rutler, i’m a priest and a recovering alcoholic, and i dread the day i have to drink a large amount of christ’s sacred blood lef...
Dear Fr Rutler: what should I do when my family trash-talk the Pope?
dear father rutler, pope francis isn’t my favourite vicar of christ of the last couple of millennia, but i don’t like the way some of my fri...
George Bernard Shaw's unconvincing atheism
when it came to playing the part of a curmudgeon, george bernard shaw seemed to enjoy the role, and there are few better examples of this th...
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