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Fr Sosa, the Devil, and the strange new orthodoxy in Rome
the superior general of the jesuits, fr arturo sosa, holds positions that appear incompatible with the catholic faith. he has denied th...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The debate: Was Chesterton an anti-Semite?
yes says stephen daisley of all the writers won to rome, gk chesterton is among the most prized. the late convert was the happiest of c...
The Catholic Herald
Diary: What should the Vatican do now with Castel Gandolfo?
with the summer heat in rome almost unbearable, i’ve been following the saga of pope francis’s rejection of his various summer residences – ...
William Cash
For Australian Catholics, it feels like 1st-century Rome
on august 21, after nearly three months of deliberation, victoria’s court of appeal handed down its decision to dismiss cardinal george pell...
Natasha Marsh
On child benefit, the US lags behind other nations. Could that change?
one of the most striking failures of right-of-centre policymaking in america is its infinite solicitousness toward corporations but indiffer...
Jordan Bloom
The Communal First Saturdays devotion is spreading
a new movement dedicated to fulfilling a request made by the blessed virgin mary at fatima has arrived in britain. the communal first saturd...
Simon Caldwell
Why a stage invasion didn't faze Pope Francis
it was just short of 20 minutes into the weekly general audience on august 21 when 10-year-old clelia manfellotti of naples mounted the stai...
Christopher R. Altieri
World News: From Wheeling to West Papua
wheeling, virginia new bishop of troubled diocese addresses scandals the new bishop of the troubled wheeling-charleston diocese has asked hi...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
that forest lung is vital for our planet pope francis on the amazon fires angelus address you’ll find an operations manager who says, ‘...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Exorcists' uproar over Fr Sosa comments
✣ in 2017, there was a brief furore when the superior general of the jesuits, fr arturo sosa, opined that “we have formed symbolic...
Staff writers
The best of the web: An indestructible shrine, Christian marriage, McCarrick questions
shrine weathers more than one storm at asia news, cần giờ parish reported uplifting news from vietnam: around 80,000 people went to the cele...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Retreat, Pope in Africa, Day with Mary
fr jacques philippe comes to london next week, to give a weekend retreat at holy apostles church, pimlico. fr philippe, whose books have sol...
Staff writers
The big story: Cardinal Pell's appeal fails
what happened cardinal george pell will attempt to make a final appeal against his conviction for child abuse, after the victoria supreme co...
Staff writers
The Vatican is making headway in Hanoi. Will Beijing be next?
on august 15, the solemnity of the assumption, 80,000 people gathered at the shrine of our lady of la vang in vietnam. you might have expect...
The Catholic Herald
Grace and mercy are never given out cheaply
imagine this: a man entirely careless of all moral and spiritual affairs lives his life in utter selfishness, with pleasure his only pursuit...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
I dreaded our camping holiday. How wrong I was
"we don’t do camping,” said a pompous acquaintance when i explained that our summer holiday this year was going to be a fortnight in a tent....
Andrew M Brown
Heretic of the week: Charles Webster Leadbeater
cw leadbeater (1854-1934) was a most remarkable – not to say bizarre – man. of middle-class background, he was ordained an anglican clergyma...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0607
cryptic across 7 sanctimonious and dead, this roman procurator (6) 8 one that crashed into the sea is coming from iran initially – american ...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, august 25 : 21st sunday in ordinary time is 66:18-21; ps 117; heb 12:5-7, 11-13; lk 13:22-30 mond...
The Catholic Herald
How to … practise mortification
today’s feast of st rose of lima calls to mind a woman who practised self-mortification in pursuit of spiritual perfection; one who lived an...
The Catholic Herald
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