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
Soul
Small sins lead to bigger sins – go to Confession
as i’ve already written a piece about the collect for the 25th ordinary sunday in the past, i’ll intrude on bishop mcgough’s turf and commen...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Is Christianity better sung than said?
music and faith by jonathan arnold boydell, 288pp, £30/$40 few readers of this magazine would, i imagine, challenge the idea that music is a...
Michael White
The magical thinking of WB Yeats
william butler yeats (1865-1939) is one of the most celebrated poets in english. and one of the most difficult to talk about in relation to ...
Francis O’Gorman
Letters: Do English Catholics still cherish Our Lady?
sir – nowadays one rarely sees saturday masses of our lady in parishes. masses celebrated on saturday are mostly vigils of the sunday, and e...
The Catholic Herald
Forget 'kiddie music', children love plainchant
in epiphany parish, where i’m the parochial administrator, reports are streaming in of children chanting kyrie eleisons while playing with t...
Fr Michael Rennier
How America embraced Newman
the recent news that the bishop of northampton has declined to move forward with the cause for the canonisation of gk chesterton was not wel...
Joseph Pearce
Are deacons really 'celebrating Mass' in the Amazon?
sandro magister, the veteran vaticanista for italy’s l’espresso, wrote a column last week headlined “in the amazon married deacons are alrea...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from St Paul to Salta
st paul, minnesota first abuse investigation under new bishops’ law an archbishop will investigate cover-up allegations against a local bish...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Vatican documentary, Order's bicentenary, St Vincent de Paul
on friday, september 20 and 27, at 9pm, bbc two will broadcast a two-part documentary about the vatican. inside the vatican will look at the...
Staff Reporter
Why thousands of children have never heard of the Good Samaritan
once a year, in january, i sit around a table with an eclectic group that includes chris bryant, the labour mp, anna sapir abulafia, profess...
Cristina Odone
The scent of humility
according to the 7th-century bishop and theologian isaac the syrian, a person who is genuinely humble gives off a certain scent that other p...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The icon bringing hope to the persecuted
many of us have become conditioned because of our history to think of christianity as essentially european. “europe is the faith and the fai...
Fr Benedict Kiely
Heretic of the week: Johannes Ronge
johannes ronge (1813-1887) was founder successively of the “new” or “german” catholics, and of several “free thought” groups. born during th...
Charles Coulombe
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, september 15 : 24th sunday in ordinary time ex 32:7-11, 13-14; ps 51; 1 tm 1:12-17; lk 15:1...
The Catholic Herald
Don't treat God like a cosmic concierge
the collect for the 24th ordinary sunday is an ancient prayer found in the veronese sacramentary: respice nos, rerum omnium deus creator et ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Letters: The sick must be anointed in good time
the sick must be anointed in good time sir – melanie mcdonagh’s mother (charterhouse, august 30) is blessed with a priest whose pastoral car...
The Catholic Herald
Why I'm restoring my Pugin cathedral to its former glory
there has been much debate recently about the use of cathedrals at a time when we in the diocese of shrewsbury are embarking on the renewal ...
Bishop Mark Davies
St Thérèse's relics are drawing thousands across Scotland
tens of thousands of people have turned out to pray before the relics of st thérèse of lisieux in a predictably enthusiastic response to the...
Simon Caldwell
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, september 8 : 23rd sunday in ordinary time wis 9:13-18b; ps 90; phmn 9-10, 12-17; lk 14:25-33 m...
The Catholic Herald
Letters: The case for canonising 'the saint of mass media'
the case for canonising ‘st mugg’ sir – with the apparent demise of the cause of gk chesterton (week in review, august 9) is it not time to ...
The Catholic Herald
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
