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The unprecedented scale of anti-Christian persecution in Asia
when an elderly christian woman in a village in india’s tamil nadu state was beaten by extremists, her attackers defended their actions by s...
John Pontifex
Most Polish bishops will be relieved by PiS's victory, but tensions remain
when poland’s law and justice party (pis) was returned to government on october 13, church leaders were cautious in their public comments. w...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Fine words won't be enough to solve the Vatican's financial crisis
a fuller picture of the financial scandal rocking the vatican and making headlines around the world began to emerge at the end of last week ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: Santiago to Sydney
washington, dc new mccarrick allegations emerge the ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick has been accused of sexual abuse by seven m...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: Brexit prayers and a very pricey rosary
who deserves the credit – or if you prefer, the blame – for boris johnson’s brexit agreement with the european union? one tory mp suggests t...
Staff writers
The big story: Statues thrown in Tiber during synod’s final week
what happened? a catholic has thrown three controversial statues into rome’s river tiber, before posting a video of the incident onli...
Staff writers
It may be years before Vatican finances are truly reformed
once a year catholics are asked to contribute to a collection known as peter’s pence. they do so on the understanding that their donations w...
The Catholic Herald
October 25, 2019
The Catholic Herald
After the Apocalypse, an Anglican theocracy
the second sleep by robert harris hutchinson, 320pp, £20/$26.95 a new book by robert harris is a joyful event, for he has repeatedly proven ...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
A new male order inspired by the Tyburn Nuns forges ahead
the newly formed tyburn monks order has formally begun its novitiate at a ceremony at tyburn convent, london. two colombian priests received...
Simon Caldwell
Priestly celibacy has dominated the first half of the synod
the first week of the special assembly of the synod of bishops for the amazon is in the books. by the time this edition reaches newsstands, ...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from the Mexican border to Manila
washington, dc little sisters appeal against contraceptive mandate the little sisters of the poor have filed a petition with the supreme cou...
Staff writers
Quotes of the week
"we see so much ambiguity … it would seem many would promote it as a new mark of the catholic church: one, holy, catholic, apostolic and amb...
Staff writers
The big story: John Henry Newman declared a saint
what happened? john henry newman has been declared the first non-martyr english saint since the 14th century. at a mass of canonisation in t...
Staff writers
Duterte's crisis is an opportunity for the Church
the drugs war in the philippines is a “sham”, a bishop declared last week in one of the strongest critiques by a churchman since the conflic...
The Catholic Herald
October 18, 2019
The Catholic Herald
The arrival of refugees, old and new
the religious congregation to which i belong, the missionary oblates of mary immaculate, has had a long relationship with the indigenous peo...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon
dominion by tom holland little, brown, 624pp, £25/$32 the romans are the most “epic” figures in history, as my son says about anything aweso...
Ed West
A Vatican money mystery that leads back to London
the vatican police “raided” offices in the secretariat of state and the financial oversight office known as the financial information author...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Baton Rouge to Belfast
steubenville, ohio new university president hopes for ‘unity’ the new president of the franciscan university of steubenville has said he hop...
Staff writers
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