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Heretic of the week: George Tyrrell
george tyrrell (1861-1909) was the posthumous son of an anglican journalist in dublin. raised in poverty, he converted in 1879 and joined th...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0575
cryptic across 5 outrageous civil antics of a certain protestant (11) 7 two girls side by side on the piano (6) 8 drag a negative italian to...
Alun Evans
How to … Go on a retreat
in january, television channels are packed with advertisements featuring families frolicking in clear blue swimming pools and couples walkin...
The Catholic Herald
The joy of a Christmastide wedding
the celebration of a christmastide wedding was a really beautiful way to begin the new year. what a powerful expression of hope a marriage i...
Fr Dominic Allain
Omnium Gatherum
after epiphany, the church teases forth into liturgical celebrations different manifestations of the lord’s divinity, including his baptism ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The Word this week
the baptism of the lord is 42:1-4 & 6-7; acts 10:34-38; lk 3:15-16 & 21-22 (year c) "now, while jesus after his own baptism was at p...
Bishop David McGough
A fascinating book undermined by sleaze
written in history: letters that changed the world by simon sebag-montefiore, weidenfeld and nicolson, 272pp, £14.99/$20 a title such as thi...
Jack Carrigan
When did stained glass lose its soul?
how to look at stained glass by jane brocket ib tauris, 256pp, £12.99/$20 almost as soon as i began reading jane brocket’s how to look at st...
Michael Duggan
Where was the best singing over Christmas?
christmas is a time when people want to hear a decent choir, and it’s the time when decent choirs sweep by the coachload into london for the...
Michael White
How a shy poet became a Victorian muse
today we know christina rossetti for two well-loved carols, in the bleak midwinter and love came down at christmas. in her lifetime (1830-18...
David V Barrett
Letters & emails
the danger of changing christ’s words sir – regarding the controversy around the translation of the our father with the phrase “lead us not ...
The Catholic Herald
Praying out of habit is better than not praying at all
in his first audience of 2019, pope francis urged the faithful not to “parrot” their prayers – and to cease trying to “flatter” god by repea...
Mary Kenny
The secret music composed by medieval nuns
it’s an almost unbelievable statistic, but according to professor laurie stras, an academic at huddersfield university and noted authority o...
Michael White
The genius of Richard John Neuhaus
richard john neuhaus, who died 10 years ago this week, was a master of words who was mastered by the word. whether he was speaking at anti-w...
Matthew Schmitz
Japan shows us the worrying consequences of falling birth rates
this november the bbc reported on a dramatic study, published by the lancet, which told us that falls in the fertility rate of nearly half o...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
The Church must stop promoting people just to get them out of the way
last week, i argued that the specifics of the accusations made by archbishop carlo maria viganò were less important than the reform of cleri...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Hollywood's fascination with exorcism
in 2016, fr francesco bamonte, president of the international association of exorcists, said that “the way in which evil, demonic possession...
Will Gore
Driving out the Devil: what’s behind the exorcism boom?
as of the past few decades, it is clear that catholic clergy are witnessing a mushrooming demand for exorcisms. an astonishing number of peo...
Kate Kingsbury and Andrew Chesnut
Why the 'yellow jacket' movement will never take off in Britain
do you get more scared as you get older? i’m increasingly worried by the prospect of accidental death or serious injury. whenever i used to ...
Harry Mount
How a populist party has divided the Spanish bishops
when a party widely seen as far-right entered one of spain’s regional parliaments last month, it posed a dilemma for the catholic church dur...
Jonathan Luxmoore
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