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Letter from the Editor: A very Happy Easter to our readers
back in 2022, i visited the garden of gethsemane – where the lord’s passion began with his arrest. beside the ancient olive grove – some gna...
William Cash
Snowdrops at Candlemas: there's no fairer tribute to loved ones than 'Mary’s Tapers'
into brown paper bags went the bulbs i would need for a particular project. snowdrops, of course; i picked the familiar galanthus niva...
Flora Watkins
Enough: Scenes from Childhood, by Stephen Hough
enough: scenes from childhood stephen hough faber & faber, £18.99, 272 pages in this cautiously loving book we are drawn deeply into ste...
James Davy
"Everything is in God's hands now," says Ukrainian priest
lviv, ukraine. i met with father nesto kysyk the same morning four russian cruise missiles slammed into a military aircraft hangar on the ed...
John Cookson
Restoration of landmark Manchester church reveals hidden beauty that goes along with wear and tear of Catholic brick and mortar
work to restore the tower of holy name church in manchester has revealed both architectural gems as well as the inevitable deterioration tha...
The Catholic Herald
Fr Anthony Symondson SJ, 1940-2024
fr anthony symondson sj, who died on 31 january at the age of 83, was one of the 20th century’s most significant historians of ecclesiastica...
The Catholic Herald
US bishops call all parties to 'cessation of violence' as Biden backs Israel
new york – after an attack on israel by hamas and subsequent retaliation by israel has left more than more than 1,300 people dead and thousa...
John Lavenburg
Census 2021 and Newman's 'age of infidelity'
christians are now well into the season of advent, the time of preparation for christmas, the feast of the nativity of jesus christ. this wa...
Simon Caldwell
'Do not be Canada': Alberta physician warns Irish of lethal flaws of assisted death
throughout last month the irish parliament heard from interested parties on assisted suicide, covering a wide range of issues from the const...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
American bishops applaud Trump's ban on transgender athletes in women's sports
new york – the american bishops have applauded an executive order that seeks to prohibit biological men from competing in women’s sports. “w...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis Recovering after Surgery
pope francis “has reacted well” to a scheduled surgery for an intestinal condition, according to the director of the holy see press office. ...
Staff Reporter
The Sense (and Nonsense) of Church Reform: Vos estis turns two
cover image: star chamber (etching,1836) in old and new london - a narrative of its history, its people, and its places, 1873 ( public domai...
Christopher Altieri
Medal of Honor chaplain Fr Emil Kapaun's body identified, as sainthood inquiry continues
image: fr. kapaun. courtesy of the diocese of wichita via cna denver newsroom, mar 5, 2021 / 05:27 pm mt (cna).- department of defense inves...
Kevin-Jones
On the Ninth Day of Christmas: Twelfth Cake revisited
would it be christmas without a dickensian flourish? pen volger introduces the predecessor of the traditional christmas cake, which was a tw...
Pen Vogler
The ‘scandal' of Jesus is what the wounds of the world need, Pope says
the pope highlighted the “scandal” of jesus during a mass he celebrated to formally close catholic social week that ended on 7 july in the c...
The Catholic Herald
Primate of All Ireland on Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse
the primate of all ireland, archbishop eamon martin of armagh, has sent a video message to mark the annual day of prayer for victims and sur...
Staff Reporter
Patrick Kavanagh: Poet in the twilight
‘every old man i see / in october-coloured weather / seems to say to me: ‘i was once your father’.” wake forest university press – as part o...
Nick Ripatrazone
Imminent schism? Boost for Synodal Path as German Catholics back abortion
the vatican may have come out swinging against the german synodal path , claiming the movement - designed to give lay members a say in runni...
The Catholic Herald
Touch is the only two-way sense: we experience it with Christ through Holy Communion
"you open wide your hand, o lord, and grant our desires. " the psalm for sunday’s mass unlocks the gospel of the feeding of the five thousan...
Fr David Howell
Without its Christian capstone Europe's edifice will fall apart
"europe is the faith and the faith is europe." david engels, a belgian historian of the roman and other ancient empires, agrees with only th...
John Milbank
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