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Deadly missions
where is the deadliest place in the world to work for the church today? the obvious answer is the middle east. since 2003, the christian pop...
The Catholic Herald
The big story of the past seven days
✣ cardinal müller: correction of the pope is unlikely what happened? the vatican’s doctrinal chief, cardinal gerhard müller, has said ...
Staff writers
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online is 2017 the year for a vatican-china deal? negotiations between the holy see and china “are on cour...
Staff writers
Bishop: foreign priests keep my diocese going
foreign priests are keeping the churches in wales open, according to the bishop of wrexham. “the diocese is becoming increasingly dependent ...
Staff writers
Ukip leader backs halving of abortion time limit
the new leader of ukip has said that he supports halving the abortion time limit to 12 weeks. speaking on lbc radio, paul nuttall said: “i w...
Staff writers
Turkey’s Catholics are fearful, says bishop
a bishop in turkey has said that catholics are fearful about attending church after recent terrorist attacks, but insisted that christians c...
Staff writers
Church helps broker Congo deal
catholic leaders in the democratic republic of congo have said that they hope for lasting peace after brokering an 11th-hour deal between th...
Staff writers
In brief
i don’t like travelling, admits francis pope francis has told la stampa newspaper that he “never liked travelling much” but feels he must go...
Staff writers
The Vatican clamps down on ‘fake news’
last week the vatican issued a peculiar clarification: spokesman greg burke denied that the pope had called for islam and christianity to “m...
Madeleine Teahan
Gisela Stuart: Leavers and Remainers unite!
last june the british people reflected on their membership of the european union, and on a turnout of 72 per cent decided by a clear majorit...
Gisela Stuart
The knights who won’t retreat
the sovereign military order of malta is one of the more improbable success stories of the 21st-century church. founded in 1099 to provide h...
Dan Hitchens
A diplomatic tussle with serious consequences
while the sovereign military order of malta may no longer be military or govern the island of malta, it remains a truly sovereign entity and...
Ed Condon
Tunnels beneath the Holy City
a secret world is opening up beneath the twisting flagstone alleys of jerusalem. underground jerusalem. this network of wide tunnels and nar...
Jill, Duchess of Hamilton
Abortion policy is stuck in the dark ages
one stark, inescapable conclusion of life as a doctor is that abortion hurts. it may not be a widely publicised conclusion – after all, even...
Calum Miller
The Marian way of winning souls
having lived in london a while, i take pride in my ability to get from a to z (train strikes notwithstanding). at the tail end of a christma...
Jacob Phillips
Liberalism’s crisis of faith
one of the more satisfying recent retrospectives was the look back from the economist, the “newspaper” which offers their readers superlativ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
We can rediscover the truth about love
say what you want about death: at least it’s straightforward. no pretension. death is the dark and terrible place that no one can avoid. we ...
Simcha Fisher
Mary Kenny: We’ll never wipe out loneliness
yet another report tells us that loneliness in britain today is almost at “epidemic” proportions. according to age uk, half a million people...
Mary Kenny
Comments of the Week
the day i gave 364 people a decent burial sir – robert ian williams (letter, december 23) asks what provision the church makes for the respe...
The Catholic Herald
Government integration advisor: 'Catholic schools cannot oppose gay marriage'
During a parliamentary hearing, Dame Louise Casey criticised Catholic schools who oppose marriage redefinition
Madeleine Teahan
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