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There's always hope for the renewal of the priesthood
on maundy thursday bishops and priests will celebrate the chrism mass and renew the promises made at ordination. many are demoralised by the...
Fr Dominic Allain
This Sunday, sing your Hosannas with a difference
with our jewish forebears singing at passover, and with countless catholic generations, at every mass we cry to the lord, “we beseech you, s...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
What to pray for as Holy Week begins
palm sunday is 50:4-7; phil 2:6-11; lk 22:14 - 23:56 (year c) the liturgy of holy week begins with the blessing of palms and the commemorati...
Bishop David McGough
The 'woke' get the parody they deserve
woke: a guide to social justice by titania mcgrath constable, 150pp, £12.99/$18.99 an aphorism traditionally attributed to gk chesterton not...
Simon Caldwell
An academic philosopher takes on the universe
the territories of human reason by alister e mcgrath oup, 304pp, £25/$35 alister mcgrath is someone who has frequently taken on the new athe...
Michael Duggan
When Elgar turned to the Druids
the conductor martyn brabbins and hyperion have given us the second complete recording of elgar’s 1898 cantata caractacus. it’s been more th...
Deal Hudson
Letters & emails
a solution to the confession crisis sir – regarding low participation in the sacrament of confession (letters, march 22 and 29), may i sugge...
The Catholic Herald
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...
Fr George Rutler
What happens when celebrities walk to Rome
last year, in the bbc two series the road to santiago, a group of celebrities walked the famous camino pilgrimage across spain from biarritz...
Mary Kenny
'People are fascinated by the baffling aspects of Christian belief': an interview with Sir James MacMillan
in a few days’ time, as has become its custom, the concert venue of st john’s smith square in london will revert to something like its origi...
Michael White
Henry VIII: a very English villain
i’ve gained a new perspective on the reformation from watching the bbc’s 1970 serial the six wives of henry viii. thanks to a mix of classic...
Tim Stanley
The satirist who illuminated the strange world of the 1970s
one of the handicaps of old age is the loss, one by one, of those few commentators and journalists to whom one has long looked for guidance ...
Richard Ingrams
Archbishop Gregory: the Jimmy Carter of the US Church
during his 14 years as archbishop of atlanta, wilton gregory – appointed the new archbishop of washington on april 4 – would certainly have ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The Church's life-and-death struggle with Santa Muerte
to the great consternation of the church, over the past 17 years veneration of a mexican folk saint that personifies death has become the fa...
Kate Kingsbury and Andrew Chesnut
Diary: After the 'whisky priest', here's the G&T priest
they say he is responsible for a surge in church attendance and sales of marks & spencer canned g&t (up by 24 per cent since he pull...
Cristina Odone
A new amnesty could protect St Oscar Romero's killers
it is almost 30 years since el salvador’s civil war ended, but the aftermath of the conflict continues to divide opinion. witness the recent...
Miguel Cullen
Even after the Apuron verdict, there's still a transparency problem
the case of the former guam archbishop anthony apuron is now closed. nearly 10 years after allegations of abuse of minors surfaced against t...
Christopher R. Altieri
Archbishop Gregory is a natural choice - up to a point
archbishop wilton gregory is not cardinal joseph tobin. for that reason alone, many conservative-minded catholics will be relieved to learn ...
Michael Warren Davis
Ten years after inspiring England, St Thérèse is coming to Scotland
the serious business of church renewal will gather pace in scotland later this year when the relics of st thérèse of lisieux visit the count...
Simon Caldwell
How religious weddings went out of fashion in Britain
the number of religious weddings in england and wales has hit the lowest level on record, the latest figures have revealed. according to dat...
Fr Alistair Jones, OP
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