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The day Catholicism changed
few dates can be said with certainty to mark a turning point in church history. but july 7, 2007, is one of them. that was the day that bene...
The Catholic Herald
The big story of the past seven days
✣ cardinal pell to face trial over abuse claims what happened? cardinal george pell, appointed by pope francis to reform vatican fina...
Staff Reporter
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online the time i yelled in the confessional at aleteia.com elizabeth scalia recalled the “strangest confession o...
Staff writers
Doctors boycott BMA over abortion vote
doctors are boycotting the british medical association after it backed a campaign for “abortion up to birth”. a number of doctors have conta...
Staff writers
Pope and Trump back Charlie Gard’s parents
pope francis has said that charlie gard’s parents should be allowed to “accompany and care” for their child “to the end”. his statement, iss...
Staff writers
Pope Francis replaces Vatican doctrinal chief
pope francis has decided not to renew cardinal gerhard müller’s term as prefect of the vatican congregation for the doctrine of the faith (c...
Staff writers
Three women consecrated as virgins in the US
three women have been consecrated as virgins in a rare ceremony in detroit. such a consecration had never taken place before in the archdioc...
Staff writers
Don’t act like princes, cardinals told
cardinals are to serve the people of god and tackle the sins of the world, not be“princes” of the church, pope francis has said. the pope to...
Staff writers
Can speedy sermons nourish souls?
last month, a northern irish priest wrote in a local newspaper column that he had made a “deal” with his parishioners: all sermons from now ...
Nick Hallett
Colin Brazier: Sentimentalists shouldn’t ride horses
in a world where all trouble must have a demonstrable cause, horses pose a problem. there may have been a reason why my ordinarily millpond-...
Colin Brazier
Jacob Rees-Mogg has chosen an excellent Catholic name for his newborn son
The Conservative MP's sixth child can learn a lot from his historical namesakes
Jonathan Wright
Will Catholics be branded ‘extremists’?
straight after the incident outside finsbury park mosque in the early hours of june 19, when a man drove a van into a crowd of muslims, ther...
Dennis Sewell
The way ahead for gay Catholics
two years ago cardinal vincent nichols asked me to be his liaison and chaplain to the farm street lgbt group in central london. that same we...
Mgr Keith Barltrop
The Australian Church must hold its nerve
the sexual abuse charges against cardinal george pell by the victoria police are a test for australian criminal justice, the australian chur...
Fr Raymond de Souza
What’s inside this week’s magazine?
Take a look inside this week’s Catholic Herald
Staff Reporter
Men at the mercy of the waves
most of us probably never give much thought to seafarers. they can seem remote from our daily lives. yet they play a critical role. without ...
Greg Watts
Is this Germany’s most hated woman?
imagine if someone were to ask you, to your face, if you were the most hated man or woman in your country. all of us would probably say no. ...
Simon Caldwell
Mary Kenny: Why royal beauty is a blessing
it seems that president donald trump is expected on a brief, golf-oriented visit to britain this week. personally, i’m far more engaged by t...
Mary Kenny
Comments of the week
what’s behind the bma’s abortion vote sir – i was disappointed but hardly surprised when the british medical association voted in favour of ...
The Catholic Herald
Anthony Burgess, lapsed Catholic bore
what with all the seminars and symposiums, it has been a busy year for burgess scholars. this week the carnival continued in manchester, whe...
Jonathan Wright
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