Announcements

Leadbeater drops High Court judge safeguard from assisted suicide Bill

kim leadbeater has announced that she will scrap a major proposed safeguard to her assisted suicide bill, leading critics to claim that pati...
Simon Caldwell

Hungary puts EU to shame by helping over 2 million persecuted Christians

hungary has helped more than two million persecuted christians through a government-funded aid scheme, according to a prominent hungarian po...
Thomas Edwards

Slavery, open borders and the context of love beg the question: 'Who is my neighbour?'

both catholics and anglicans have been caught up in theological and political arguments about the relationship between politics and the theo...
Gavin Ashenden

‘To send out the oppressed in freedom’

in sunday’s gospel, as jesus reads from the scroll of isaiah (61:1-2) in his hometown synagogue, he strikingly adds a verse (58:6) from an e...
Fr David Howell

Trump pardons 23 peaceful pro-life activists jailed under Biden

us president donald trump has pardoned 23 peaceful pro-life activists jailed under the previous presidency of joe biden. mr trump signed an ...
Simon Caldwell

Pope in arm sling after a fall

pope francis injured his right arm after falling at his vatican residence this morning, and is wearing a sling as a precautionary measure. i...
Elise Allen

Stephen Fry and modern society's sex problem

the new year’s honours list informed us that a knighthood had been bestowed on the writer and actor stephen fry. that announcement revived i...
Anthony McCarthy

Los Angeles Catholics help California wildfire victims

as fires continue to burn through parts of southern california, the archdiocese of los angeles is offering its help to those affected by the...
The Catholic Herald

Two women religious abducted in Nigeria

two religious sisters have been abducted in anambra state, south-east nigeria. the kidnapped religious, vincentia nwankwo and grace okoli, b...
The Catholic Herald

Taizé returns to Paris for next ecumenical gathering

it has been confirmed that the next european meeting held by the taizé community will take place in paris and throughout the île-de-france r...
Thomas Edwards