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In brief

archbishop criticises trump’s budget plan archbishop joseph kurtz of louisville, kentucky, has said donald trump’s proposed cuts to aid prog...

Staff Reporter

What May can do for Britain

this is one of a series of articles in which representatives of the main parties make their pitch for the catholic vote. this is the most im...

Dr Therese Coffey

Why Labour is still the natural party for Catholics

this is one of a series of articles in which representatives of the main parties make their pitch for the catholic vote. in an ideal world, ...

Kevin Meagher

The Lib Dems take global responsibilities seriously

this is one of a series of articles in which representatives of the main parties make their pitch for the catholic vote. liberal democrats a...

Baroness Smith

UKIP is the party that grasps our brave new world

this is one of a series of articles in which representatives of the main parties make their pitch for the catholic vote. the encyclical reru...

Jamie Ross McKenzie

SNP: The only credible opposition

this is one of a series of articles in which representatives of the main parties make their pitch for the catholic vote. my life, like that ...

Carol Monaghan

Science and faith: Prejudice is in our nature

i am a self-confessed racist. if you think that means i should not be writing in a catholic magazine, i would remind you that you are a raci...

Quentin de la Bedoyere

The trials of Ethiopian Catholics

ethiopia is one of the earliest cradles of christianity, the second nation after armenia to adopt christianity as a state religion. but cath...

James Jeffrey

Mary Kenny: ‘Not in our name’ - a sentiment that saves lives

andy burnham, the new mayor of manchester, who coped so gracefully with the aftermath of the terrible atrocity at the manchester arena, said...

Mary Kenny

Comments of the week

it is sentimentalism to trivialise evil sir – it is disappointing to see melanie mcdonagh fall prey to the new theological sentimentalism in...

The Catholic Herald

Monteverdi’s career of harmony and rivalry

claudio monteverdi, whose 450th anniversary we celebrate this year, was almost as good at grumbling as he was at composing. he had entered t...

Jonathan Wright

Television: A comical trial of Britain’s legal system

it’s hard to tell what the trial is supposed to be. channel 4’s reality drama puts simon davis on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, carla...

Tim Stanley

Fine art: The sculptor who saw the body at its sparest

giacometti tate modern, london, until september 10 in one important sense alberto giacometti was his own worst enemy. the stick-thin human f...

Jonathan Keates

Music: Epic Beethoven in a Borders village church

when you live in london, with the convenience of sophisticated halls and world-class concerts on tap, it’s maybe perverse to take successive...

Michael White

Theatre: A dreamworld of Jews, Mormons and angels

angels in america , tony kushner’s award-winning epic at national theatre, describes the impact of aids on the gay community in san francisc...

Robert Tanitch

Coptic Orthodox bishop tells terrorists: 'You are loved'

Bishop Angaelos said even terrorists are created in God's image, and He placed them on earth for much greater things

Staff Reporter

This wave of technology will transform politics

connected world by philip larrey, penguin, £14.99 the robots have started to arrive and more are coming. in an age of specialisation and acc...

Cardinal George Pell

The American ideas the Nazis borrowed

hitler’s american model by james q whitman, princeton, £19.95 you wonder what this book is about until you read the subtitle: “the united st...

Charlie Hegarty

Briefly noted

world without end by thomas keating ocso (bloomsbury, £10.99) . the author, an american trappist and well-known exponent of contemplative pr...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

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