Get 3 months of unlimited digital access for just $3
Subscribe today and get your first 3 months for just $3. Cancel at any time.
Subscribe
Newsletters
Newsletters
Chapter House
Latest
Sign In
Log Out
Subscribe
Search The
Catholic Herald
Sign In
Log Out
Subscribe
Sign Out
About
Our History
Contact
Sections
Latest
Chapter House
Columns
Life
Soul
Culture
Vatican Dispatch
Archives
Historic Archive
Exact Editions
More
Newsroom
Magazine
Magnificat
Latest Issue
latest feed
Comments of the Week
newman’s verdict on amoris laetitia sir – tom mcintyre’s letters are always well informed, articulate and thought provoking, but i think his...
The Catholic Herald
How Dorothy L Sayers brought theology alive
those familiar with the formidable dorothy l sayers’s lord peter wimsey, the suave, multi-talented amateur sleuth of book and tv fame, might...
Garry O'Connor
Nativity Play: A collective intake of breath at Wintershall
this year’s wintershall nativity play, at wintershall near guildford, is likely to be even more successful than its predecessors. the compel...
Alexander Jolliffe
Television: David Walliams should hire Jacob Rees-Mogg
walliams and friend (bbc one, fridays, 9.30pm) was so unfunny that one person dubbed it walliams and viewer. you know a comedy show has fail...
Tim Stanley
Theatre: The rich barber who wants to live like Jesus
sheppey , somerset maugham’s sardonic comedy, a modern morality play rooted in the 1929 slump and addressing the suffering of the poor, is s...
Robert Tanitch
Spiritual books round-up
an exorcist explains the demonic by fr gabriele amorth, sophia institute press, £12 fr amorth, famous as the late chief exorcist of rome, wr...
Francis Phillips
Is it acceptable to hate a rival sports team?
philosophers take on the world edited by david edmonds, oup, £12.99 applied ethics is sometimes dismissed as the poor relation of more esote...
Jonathan Wright
The heroic saint who achieved nothing
pier giorgio frassati by cristina siccardi, ignatius press, £15 in this biography of blessed pier giorgio frassati (1901-1925), the author b...
Charlie Hegarty
Briefly noted
looking good: a visual guide to the nun’s habit by veronica bennett and ryan todd (graphicdesign, £17.50) . this delightful and truly origin...
Staff writers
Word This Week
third sunday of advent is 35:1-6; jas 5:7-10; mt 11:2-11 (year a) ‘rejoice in the lord always. again, i say rejoice! indeed, the lord is nea...
Bishop David McGough
Omnium Gatherum
not far from where i write, by american distance standards, is the beautiful shrine of our lady of guadalupe near la crosse, wisconsin. we h...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Lectio Divina
matthew 11:2-11 2 when john the baptist heard in prison about the things that christ was doing, he sent some of his disciples to him. 3 “tel...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Saint of the week: Lucy (December 13)
betrothed to a pagan very little is known about st lucy. she was a virgin and martyr, born in the year 283 or thereabouts and she lived in s...
Staff Reporter
Mass Readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, december 11: third sunday of advent is 35:1-6a, 10; ps 146; jas 5:7-10; mt 11:2-11 monday, dece...
The Catholic Herald
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/12/16
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
The bishops' new liturgical document echoes the wisdom of Mother Teresa
Advent is a chance to deepen our experience of the liturgy - beginning with silence
Fr James Bradley
Pictures of the Week
1 canon william clements, a former administrator of southwark cathedral and lately parish priest at birchington, kent, is presented with the...
The Catholic Herald
December 11 to December 17
cardinal nichols (westminster) mon: liaison committee meeting (day 1), glasgow, 12.00pm. wed: ccee presidents’ meeting, rome, all day. thu: ...
The Catholic Herald
Piers Paul Read: Is Jansenism back?
southern burgundy is rich in the architectural treasures of the church’s glorious past. there are a number of exquisite romanesque churches,...
Piers Paul Read
Our inadequate self-expression
art, too, has its martyrs and perhaps our greatest pain is that of inadequate self-expression. that’s an insight from iris murdoch and it ho...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Previous
Next
subscribe to the catholic herald today
Our best content is exclusively available to our subscribers. Subscribe today and gain instant access to expert analysis, in-depth articles, and thought-provoking insights—anytime, anywhere. Don’t miss out on the conversations that matter most.
Subscribe