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An unexpected trip to Auschwitz to confront the reality of evil
i’m not really sure why i wanted to go to auschwitz, the nazi extermination camp in poland – it was not the most obvious place to go for an ...
richardbritton
Israel protests talk of Gaza ‘genocide’ by Nobel Prize winner during Vatican event
rome – in the latest episode of tension between israel and the vatican over the conflict in gaza, israel’s embassy to the holy see issued a ...
Crux Staff
'On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain' leaves you yearning for more religious commitment
on this holy island: a modern pilgrimage across britain by oliver smith bloomsbury continuum, £20, 256 pages a book about pilgrimage should ...
James Jeffrey
Vatican weighs up potential Trump return in its approach to European elections
rome – although non-europeans may not be paying attention – and, for that matter, a fairly wide swath of the european population itself isn’...
John L Allen
The infernal serpent: Understanding envy may prove salutary in the end
“i don’t envy you.” when someone says that, they are implying that you will have a bad time dealing with whatever, or whoever, you’re about ...
Rosemary Hill
What does it mean if we are 'kept' in the name of the Father?
"holy father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us. while i was with them, i kept those you had g...
Fr David Howell
Douai Abbey: a place extolling the English Benedictine temper and charism
"a monastery is above all this: a place of spiritual power.” pope benedict, as ever, got to the heart of the thing when he addressed these w...
Gertrude Clarke
US archdiocese ‘refused to comply’ with sexual abuse investigation, Washington attorney general claims
amid a campaign for the governorship, washington attorney general bob ferguson announced on 9 may that he has taken legal action against the...
johnlavenburg
Catholic Herald Institute hosts inaugural symposium to examine recent Synod in Rome
the catholic herald institute hosted its inaugural symposium “the synod: the room where it happened and what happens next?” in new york’s sh...
The Catholic Herald
An exorcist is needed to sort out Eurovision 2024 and Ireland's troubled contestant
myopia has plagued my family as far back as can be traced. the family vault holds images from the end of the 1800s of women in their fo...
Katherine Bennett
EXCLUSIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES: Tolkien's 1945 letter to the Catholic Herald on 'the Name of Coventry'
in early 1945, a contributor to the catholic herald suggested that the city of coventry could be named for a medieval catholic religious hou...
J. R. R. Tolkien
Lisbon: Why you should visit this critical trading and spiritual link between Old Catholic Europe, Asia and the New World
with five portuguese cardinals, and at least one future papabile – cardinal américo aguiar, who was responsible for world youth day 2023, is...
William Cash
Napa Institute in London, April 2024
working together with the herald to strengthen catholic mission . the napa institute, which seeks to further the mission of the church in th...
The Catholic Herald
Priest plunges school into darkness to save children from marauding gunmen
the quick thinking of a headteacher helped save the lives of sleeping students after armed extremists stormed a secondary school in nigeria’...
Amy Balog
Pope decries 'cowardly' attack on Congo refugee camp
yaoundé, cameroon – pope francis has condemned a “cowardly attack” on a refugee camp in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo...
Ngala Chimtom
Diocese was justified in firing gay teacher, rules federal appeals court
new york – in a reversal of a 2021 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that a catholic school in the diocese of charlotte, north car...
johnlavenburg
Feast of Our Lady of Pompeii and anniversary of foundational stone laid at famous shrine
today is the feast of our lady of pompeii, one of the most recent titles bestowed on the virgin mary. may 8 also commemorates the anniversar...
James Jeffrey
Why Trump gets the 'White Christian' vote
robert de niro has been one of the more strident voices warnings about the danger of a trump win in the american election. when he pla...
Gavin Ashenden
Diary: by Daniel Johnson
my late father, paul johnson, was never afraid to cross swords with the new atheists, or “prometheans” as he generously called them – though...
Daniel Johnson
Biden administration's non-discrimination regulations ‘fundamentally redefine the practice of medicine’, Florida lawsuit claims
new york – a lawsuit filed by the state of florida and on behalf of the catholic medical association (cma) claims that new non-discriminatio...
johnlavenburg
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