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Letter from the Editor: June 2023
i am delighted to see that the national gallery in london has put on a free show (on until july 30) celebrating the life and legacy of ...
William Cash
Ireland's 8 March Referendums: Does Irish government now wish it had kept its constitutional nose out of the Family?
the upcoming dual referendum in ireland has begun to turn into a quagmire that the government may wish it had never embarked upo...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Cardinal Cupich’s opening prayer for Democratic National Convention failed to address the obvious
cardinal blase cupich delivered the invocation prayer at the opening of the 2024 democratic national convention (dnc) in chicago. it receive...
James Jeffrey
US Report: Ongoing Persecution of Uyghur Muslims, Harassment of Catholics & other Christians in China
uyghur muslims demonstrate in front of the chinese consulate on december 30, 2020, in istanbul, after china ratified an extradition treaty w...
Staff Reporter
Faith helped me through my thirty years war
in my 37 years in the house of commons, i have always been aware of the role that my religion has played in my political life. i was educate...
Sir Bill Cash
One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions: Tackling religious ‘myths’
our daughter, felicity, is starting year 9. she is really good at science and wants to be an engineer. getting her to mass hasn’t been easy ...
The Catholic Herald
Will demand grow to end celibacy, as Pope signals zero tolerance on abuse?
pope francis says he has taken personal responsibility to rid the church of sexual abuse. he told cnn portugal that he was “responsible that...
The Catholic Herald
Anti-trafficking network run by nuns reports abuses worsening due to Ukraine and Gaza wars
nuns working on the frontlines to prevent human trafficking have warned that the risks and abuses of exploitation are increasing due to glob...
Elise Allen
Eyeless in Gaza: are we overlooking the finer points of the Philistines?
reappraising a common insult. why is “philistine” a term of abuse? is it an ethnic slur? who is out there defending the rights of any remain...
Lucien de Guise
The Christmas Stories
there are all sorts of reasons why we choose the mass we usually go to: maybe it’s the music, or the lack of it, or the bells and smells, or...
Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth
The conundrum of having to 'chew' Jesus
“how can this man give us his flesh to eat?” (john 6:52) in the gospel on sunday 18 august, jesus does not answer this question from his fol...
Fr David Howell
Calvinist wine: Not all fruits of the Reformation are as bitter as the rest
john calvin has a well-earned reputation as a curmudgeon. famed as a hater in his day, with even his friends becoming targets, and ultimatel...
Brian Scarffe
A History of the Catholic Church, by Piers Paul Read
a history of the catholic church piers paul read meid, £25, 560 pages piers paul read – veteran novelist, historian and biographer – has pro...
Serenhedd James
Controversial theologian among 28 new consultors chosen by Pope for Vatican’s DDF
twenty-eight new consultors have been chosen by pope francis to assist the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith (ddf). among those select...
The Catholic Herald
The Glaswegian nuns who called the feminists' bluff on abortion
one hundred and sixty. it's a number etched on sister roseann reddy’s heart. that is the number of babies saved from abortion since the sist...
JamesHastings
Leading Dublin church cancels concert by gay choir over concerns about ‘Pride’ affiliation
the authorities at dublin’s prestigious st andrew’s church of westland row are defending their decision to cancel a concert that was due to ...
DeclanMcSweeney
Saved by the Bible
a royal visit to a bookbindery, whose fortunes have been turned around. june 27 was a momentous day for a small bookbinding factory on an&nb...
Charlotte Metcalf
You are the Old, the Sick, the Poor, or Will Be. Do Unto Others.
on the way in, we walked down a hallway where we could just see in to a few of the rooms where some residents lived who couldn't leave their...
TimothyJones
Faith leaders unite against assisted suicide Bill
cardinal vincent nichols has signed a joint letter with the uk’s religious leaders opposing the assisted suicide bill. the archbishop of wes...
Simon Caldwell
Synodality: a new perestroika?
it is notoriously risky to compare two large historical movements, especially recent or contemporary ones, and to claim to detect similariti...
Martin Henry
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