Search
Newsletters
Newsletters
Chapter House
Latest
Sign In
Log Out
Subscribe
Sign In
Log Out
Subscribe
Sign Out
About
Our History
Contact
Sections
Latest
Chapter House
Columns
Life
Soul
Culture
Vatican Dispatch
Archives
Historic Archive
Exact Editions
More
Newsroom
Magazine
Magnificat
Latest Issue
Newsroom
Catholic journalist questioned by police after transgender activist complains
a catholic journalist has been questioned by police after a dispute with the head of a transgender charity. caroline farrow, a columnist for...
Staff Reporter
Civil disobedience is a fundamental right, says Venezuelan cardinal
a venezuelan cardinal has called on state security forces to exercise civil disobedience when given orders to use lethal force against citiz...
Catholic News Agency
Increasing number of US Catholics concerned about Christian persecution
nearly half of american catholics say global persecution of christians is “very severe,” a 16 percent increase from a year ago, according to...
Catholic News Agency
St John Paul II's long-time secretary defends former pope's handling of abuse cases
cardinal stanislaw dziwisz, a personal friend and close collaborator of st. john paul ii, this week defended the polish pope’s record on the...
Catholic News Agency
Royal College of Physicians adopts neutral policy on assisted suicide
the professional body for doctors in the uk has dropped its traditional opposition to assisted suicide, despite a poll that found a majority...
Simon Caldwell
Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/03/19
cardinal stanisław dziwisz has defended st john paul ii’s handling of abuse cases ( full statement ). a capuchin superior has been killed in...
Luke Coppen
The fine line between fasting and dieting
if you are one of those radio listeners who find the bbc’s today programme boring, there is always nick ferrari’s lbc phone-in show in the m...
Andrew M Brown
Keep Fridays meat-free – but alligator is fine
last week i concluded with the latin adage, plenus venter non studet libenter (“a full stomach doesn’t willingly apply itself to study”). re...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The paradox of the 'child-free' movement
it has sometimes been claimed that the annunciation – which of course we mark on march 25 – is the most frequently painted theme in the hist...
Mary Kenny
'ISIS brides' weren't brainwashed. Just ask their victims
less than a year ago i stood in the ruined old city of mosul, standing next to the mosque where the caliphate had been proclaimed by isis le...
Fr Benedict Kiely
Is meat about to get the chop?
if, like me, you have millennial granddaughters, you will have encountered vegetarianism. what several years ago was regarded as an eccentri...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
Diary: Guardian angels, Scouse accents and a 12th-century retrochoir
among the bank of menacing clouds hanging over us all at the moment, the rise of anti-semitism is one of the most disturbing. it is only 75 ...
Peter Stanford
As Poland's Church examines its conscience, a priest's statue is toppled
officials in gdańsk have ordered the removal of a monument to a catholic priest linked to the solidarity movement amid accusations that he w...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Dozens of US bishops approve SSPX weddings
if an american diocese granted permission for the society of st pius x (sspx) to celebrate nuptial masses within their territory, you might ...
Michael Warren Davis
A Scottish saint goes under the microscope
part of st margaret of scotland’s shoulder bone has been removed from its reliquary by archaeologists seeking to find out more about the lif...
Nick Drainey
Why Catholics and Mormons are setting aside their differences
russell nelson, president of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (lds), visited the vatican last week and met pope francis. afte...
Christopher R. Altieri
Overlooked: German bishops to discuss morality
what happened? cardinal reinhard marx has announced that the german church will start a “synodal process” to discuss – along with priestly c...
The Catholic Herald
March 22, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Cardinal DiNardo discharged from hospital after mild stroke
cardinal daniel dinardo of galveston-houston has been released from the hospital, following a mild stroke last week, his archdiocese announc...
Catholic News Agency
Will Pope Francis meet the Chinese president this week?
as chinese president xi jinping travels to rome this week, there has been much speculation as to whether his trip will also include an unoff...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
Previous
Next
subscribe to the catholic herald today
Our best content is exclusively available to our subscribers. Subscribe today and gain instant access to expert analysis, in-depth articles, and thought-provoking insights—anytime, anywhere. Don’t miss out on the conversations that matter most.
Subscribe
