Catholic Church

Immerse yourself in a renaissance of artistic Catholic creativity

we are experiencing a new and exciting time of artistic creativity in catholicism – it extends to even the fusty basement of st mary moorfie...

Fiona Campbell Hicks

African king says meeting Pope ‘like a miracle’ after his ‘staff of power’ is blessed

a traditional african leader from a region of cameroon currently torn by conflict has described a 3 june meeting with pope francis in the va...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

The Road to Ruin

peter forster, who retired from his post as the anglican bishop of chester in 2019, has been received into the roman catholic church. althou...

King Charles is perfectly positioned to come to the defence of Christians in Jerusalem

the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem, his beatitude theophilos iii, and the anglican archbishop of jerusalem, the most reverend dr hosa...

Melanie McDonagh

More to come

the god of surprises strikes again; i am spending the summer term as acting head of religious studies & liturgy at more house school, on...

Serenhedd James

Squabbling over the Old Rite

it’s been a while since the holy father dropped his hand grenade, the motu proprio traditionis custodes . as readers will know, this documen...

Why not an American pope?

for years, the consensus was that an american pope would never fly. since the us overtook the british empire as the world’s pre-eminent poli...

The Catholic Herald

Lisbon notebook: What can we expect from WYD?

lisbon after a complicated road-trip, four days before the world youth day proceedings officially begin, i find myself in portugal’s capital...

Fervent faith in fiddles: Heinrich Biber's genius

heinrich biber, a 17th- century bohemian catholic, took the psalmist’s exhortation to “sing unto the lord a new song” further than most othe...

Fire and blood at Pentecost

pentecost this year has been both bitter and sweet. it is always sweet. the promise of the holy spirit is the fuel of our love and our exper...