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A home without a heart
in 1956 the writer evelyn waugh bought a handsome house in the shadow of the quantock hills for £7,500. made of red sandstone, like the red ...
Sophia Waugh
Olympics' organisers offer equivocating half-apology over Last Supper controversy
the organising committee behind the paris olympics has offered an apology of sorts to christians around the world, though one that appeared ...
James Jeffrey
Freedom wins as Finnish politician found 'not guilty' of hate speech for Bible tweet
it is a worrying fact that the right of catholics, and indeed all christians, to manifest their beliefs can’t be taken for granted these day...
Prof Andrew Tettenborn
Starmer rushes to legalise assisted suicide as MP pledges Bill within weeks
a labour mp is to introduce a bill on assisted suicide within weeks amid claims that the prime minister wants a law in place by christmas. k...
Simon Caldwell
Top EU official challenges COVID worship ban in unprecedented religious freedom case
a top eu official and former special envoy for freedom of religion or belief has challenged the 2021 covid restrictions on public worship at...
Olenka Hamilton
Seeing and believing
from cinema’s earliest days, filmmakers have been attracted to the subject of the bible. the scriptures appealed for a variety of reasons. t...
Matthew Page
Pope calls for October 27 day of prayer after Gaza hospital bombing
rome – amid international tensions surrounding the war in gaza following the deadly bombing of a hospital, pope francis has called for anoth...
Elise Allen
Wolfgang Smith (1930-2024): Physicist, mathematician and philosopher who helped people make better sense of the world
the catholic physicist, mathematician and philosopher wolfgang smith died in july. as a physicist, smith laid the theoretical foundations fo...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Crisis of disunity threatens German Church
in his fascinating interview with karl gustel wärnberg in this issue , cardinal gerhard müller, former prefect for the congregation for the ...
The Catholic Herald
Papabili(ty): The cardinals who have seen their prospects in the next conclave harmed and improved by recent news events
stock markets are notoriously fickle, forever expanding or contracting on the basis of whatever new wind happens to blow. let a coup occur i...
John Allen
'Dignitas Infinita' is a commendable rebuttal to secular human rights manipulation – but that won't stop the declaration being used by its antagonists to create more waffle
dignitas infinita. the latin for “infinite dignity”. the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith’s new declaration on human dig...
Dualta Roughneen
Tributes paid after murder of 15-year-old at Catholic School
a 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death at all saints catholic high school in sheffield, northern england. on monday, 3 february, harvey...
Thomas Edwards
Thérèse Coffey is being smeared because she values human life
abortion remains morally objectionable to many people, and not just catholics. science has revealed that life begins at conception and logic...
Simon Caldwell
Philippine Catholics praying country remains world's only State – excluding Vatican – not to legalise divorce
the philippines is the world’s only country without a divorce law – excluding the vatican – since malta legalised the dissolution of marriag...
Crux Staff
Rupnik confronted at Rome airport over abuse allegations
father marko rupnik was approached by a journalist at a rome airport who questioned him about accusations he sexually abused over 40 adult w...
Elise Allen
Treasures of the Renaissance at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris
the current exhibition on display at the hôtel de la marine in paris presents a beguilingly beautiful display of renaissance art that conjur...
Cressida Hargreaves
A Christian country?: The CofE shows us why not to cave to the spirit of the age
recently the times newspaper reported on the findings of its survey of 1,200 clerics of the church of england. among the dispiriting results...
The Catholic Herald
Hervé’s Way: The story of a one-legged pilgrim
it’s early in the morning. the clouds are low, there’s a chill in the air, the birds are singing. i’m walking out of the tuscan town of sarz...
John Laurenson
Editor's Letter: Let's remember we are dust, and to dust we shall return
as the march issue of the catholic herald went to press it was not clear when pope francis would be leaving the gemelli hospital...
Serenhedd James
Catherine Pakaluk discusses religious influences on mothers choosing to have lots of babies
it is old news that birth rates are falling in britain and across the west. and yet, despite this, discussion around fertility rates is only...
Portia Berry-Kilby
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