Columns

What Dante teaches us about sin, desire and redemption

Following Dante’s journey from the dark wood to the beatific vision invites us to confront our own disordered desires and rediscover the beauty that leads to God

Clement Harrold

From Rome to the cosmos

As humanity turns its gaze towards Mars and beyond, the Catholic Church must ask what its mission might be in the exploration of space

Declan J. Ganley

If reparations matter, the Church of England must face its anti-Catholic past

For the Anglican Church to be serious about slavery, it should acknowledge its historic persecution of Catholics in Britain and Ireland

‘The mystic chords of memory’ in a divided America

Civil War rhetoric is returning to American politics, but without a Lincoln to summon the better angels of our nature

Clare Boothe Luce: a life of fame, power and faith

Actress, playwright, congresswoman and ambassador: her conversion 80 years ago marked a turning point in an extraordinary career

Young French traditional Catholic activist murdered during clashes in Lyon

Tensions outside a political conference in Lyon have left a young Catholic dead and prompted a criminal investigation into aggravated violence

Hospitality as a way of life

Between Christmas and Lent, the quiet of ordinary life reveals how thin our social fabric has become and how urgently we need to recover hospitality as a way of life

Against lazy Catholicism: Discerning truth from error

Everything the Church teaches is true, but not everything that a bishop asserts is what the Church teaches. Tom Colsy argues in favour of a more discerning approach to episcopal teaching

Renewal: what happened to that?

Vatican II called for renewal through restoration, not revolution. But modern Catholic discourse has often confused renewal with progress, weakening the Church’s spiritual discipline and liturgical tradition

Why I would lie to the Nazis at the door

Clement Harrold argues that Fr Gregory Pine OP is mistaken, and that under certain circumstances it is morally permissible to speak a deliberate falsehood

Clement Harrold

Aquinas says: your property is not your own

Libertarian thought maintains that you can do what you like with what you own. But St Thomas Aquinas disagrees

Why are modern church buildings so ugly?

The Provost of Holy Spirit College explores why modern church buildings miss the mark in beauty

St Thomas Aquinas is the antidote to a very modern problem

As attention spans fracture under the pressure of digital distraction, the Church’s celebration of St Thomas Aquinas offers a reminder that contemplation and interior discipline remain essential to human flourishing

Is King Charles failing his constitutional duty?

As King Charles’s personal enthusiasms collide with free speech, questions arise about whether preference is being placed above duty

McAleese’s baptism claims miss the mark on Catholic teaching

The former Irish president has accused the Church of violating children’s rights through infant baptism, but her arguments rest on legal categories, not theological ones, and risk misrepresenting the nature of Christian grace

Melanie McDonagh

Why I feel strangely hopeful for the English Church

St John Henry Newman’s vision of renewal in England has endured decades of disappointment. Is it now beginning to bear fruit?

Clement Harrold

Review: St John Henry Newman: A New Doctor of the Church

A concise and learned introduction to the life and thought of St John Henry Newman

In memoriam: John L. Allen Jr

William Cash remembers John Allen Jr, Catholic Herald writer, pope picker, and commanding officer of the post John Paul II generation of Vaticanista journalists

A Catholic perspective on “remigration”

As calls for remigration grow across the West, Catholics face an unavoidable question. Can charity toward migrants be reconciled with justice toward nations, families, and the common good

The anniversary of Roe’s fall and the future of the pro-life moral imagination

Four years after Dobbs overturned Roe, the pro life movement faces a deeper challenge than law alone can resolve

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