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Bishop Erik Varden and Kim Samuel on community and belonging in the post-COVID world
i cannot now remember the number of times that i have sat in the sheldonian theatre in oxford, wearing an academic gown of either red or bla...
Serenhedd James
An American revisits London as a Catholic
in 1841, john henry newman wrote to a catholic acquaintance: “i do not fear that you will succeed among us; you will not supplant our church...
Andrew Petiprin
Irish PM must be commended for saying forced secularisation of Catholic schools is wrong
in a recent parliamentary questions session in ireland , taoiseach (prime minister) leo varadkar provided a surprisingly frank and sensible ...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Natural Family Planning: it's time the Church shared its best kept secret
the pill made headlines last week when researchers from the university of oxford concluded that the use of progesterone-only contraceptive p...
Madeleine Teahan
A woman's place? Better catechesis needed as Cambridge conference discusses women's ordination
as the margaret beaufort institute in cambridge hosts a new conference on women and the diaconate, some still say there is enough evidence i...
Dr Caroline Farey
Adam Dant tours the artistic riches of Florence
if the medici had their way, today’s easter faithful might be processing not in the direction of jerusalem or to st peter’s basilica in rome...
Adam Dant
How to properly encounter beauty, truth and goodness
easter monday will be my 40th birthday. inevitably, reaching such milestones is liable to induce a certain amount of reflection on what one ...
Niall Gooch
It would have been better if Summorum Pontificum had been left alone
on february 21, the dicastery for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments, headed by prefect cardinal arthur roche, issued a res...
Ken Craycraft
Why the synod process will eventually fail
early this month, a colloquium was held at boston college called “the way forward: pope francis, vatican ii and synodality” . the gathering ...
Mark Lambert
Ed Feser and not bending to the spirit of the age
in the 1990s it seemed de rigueur to ask the question “which five people would you invite to your dream dinner party?” my answer then would ...
Katherine Bennett
New report on end-of-life care exposes euthanasia by another name
as a physician who has followed the issue of “end of life” pathways closely over the last 15 years, the contents of the report “when end-of-...
The Catholic Herald
Diary: by Sarah Sands
one of the great novels on sickness and death is thomas mann’s the magic mountain. i have been reading it because of a norfolk-based interes...
sarah sands
God and politics: Kate Forbes and Ron DeSantis
nothing could better illustrate the difference between american elections and those in britain – specifically scotland – than the plight of ...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis accepts resignation of vice-president of German Bishops' Conference
pope francis on friday accepted the resignation of an influential german bishop who has been a key player in the german synodal process and ...
Tom Colsy
A leadership course which emboldens young Christians
i remember swimming lessons with my kids. unlike my fellow nct mummies who dunked their new-borns into deep water as they returne...
Katherine Bennett
The Roman Mass: Early Christian Origins to Tridentine Reform
the roman mass: early christian origins to tridentine reform uwe michael lang cambridge university press, £89.99, 456 pages the li...
Fr James Bradley
USCCB doctrinal note prohibiting transgender procedures is a welcome intervention
the doctrinal committee of the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) issued on 20 march a 14-page firm doctrinal note on the ...
Laura Perrins
US news outlet wrongly claims Rupert Murdoch is Catholic
a popular american news website has claimed that rupert murdoch is catholic following the announcement that he is engaged for a fifth time.&...
Tom Colsy
Lord Alton: we need less talk and more action from leaders to stop genocide
last week, the religious liberty initiative of notre dame law school hosted a book launch celebrating lord david alton and ewelina ochab's r...
Hugh Kerr
Cardinal Müller is right: bishops who voted for same-sex blessings must go
when bishop georg bätzing was interviewed about the vote by german bishops to bless same sex unions , the interviewer challenged him ab...
Gavin Ashenden
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