Catholic Church

Pope reduces Cardinal Pell’s finance role

pope francis has announced a reorganisation of the oversight and administration of the vatican’s financial affairs, a move that appears to h...

Tatchell plea for Pakistani Christians

britain should stop direct aid to pakistan unless its government acts to protect christians and other minorities, human rights activist pete...

Charity founded by Catholics may have to close

the international development charity progressio, which is inspired by catholic social teaching, is considering closing. the charity is stru...

Bishop unveils pastoral reform programme

bishop philip egan of portsmouth has initiated a reform of his diocese’s pastoral practice in response to pope francis’s amoris laetitia. in...

A mind hissing and spitting with fury

the devil’s diary by robert k wittman and david kinney william collins, £20 the story of the devil’s diary opens in god’s garden. in 1945, a...

A witty but alarming take on the Reformation

all things made new by diarmaid macculloch allen lane, £25 diarmaid macculloch is a professor of the history of the church at oxford, an acc...

Jack Scarisbrick

Mass Readings

ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, july 17: 16th sunday in ordinary time gn 18:1-10a; ps 15; col 1:24-28; lk 10:38-42 monday, july ...

The Catholic Herald

Saint of the week: Frederick of Utrecht (July 18)

braving a pagan town frederick was born around the year 780 in friesland in the netherlands. he was grandson of king radbon of the frisians ...

Prize crossword 0448

cryptic across 7 two girls, one shortly to be chuza’s wife (6) 8 sail back through attica, edging finally in corinth toward jeroboam’s ...

Our deepest insecurity

why don’t we live happier lives? why are we forever caught up in frustrations, tensions, anger and resentments? the reasons, of course, are ...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser