Catholic Church

Counter cohabitation by faithful witness to marriage, Pope urges Catholics

Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to witness the beauty of sacramental marriage amid rising cohabitation and family breakdown.
Simon Caldwell

Pope pays tribute to martyred cardinal who saved thousands of Jews during Holocaust

pope leo has paid tribute to a martyred cardinal who saved the lives of thousands of jews during the holocaust. the life of blessed iuliu ho...
The Catholic Herald

Jihadist-Fulani herdsman over-run Christian villages in south-east Nigeria

yaoundé, cameroon – a report by a catholic–inspired ngo has revealed jihadist fulani herdsmen are overrunning christian communities in the c...
Ngala Killian Chimtom

2001 Vatican document: bishops cannot compel priests to include female altar servers

a 2001 vatican ruling has resurfaced, confirming that bishops cannot require priests to use female altar servers. the letter, issued by the ...
Thomas Edwards

First stamps of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate released

on 27 may 2025, the vatican's philatelic and numismatic office released its first official postage stamps featuring pope leo xiv. the series...
The Catholic Herald

Brazilian nuns go viral after beatboxing on Catholic TV

sisters marizele cassiano and marisa de paula, two brazilian nuns from the copiosa redenção congregation, have gone viral after an impromptu...
Thomas Edwards

Cardinal Vincent Nichols on electing Pope Leo XIV

the election of pope leo xiv came at the end of my first and last conclave. having been made a cardinal by pope francis in 2014, i had never...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols

Can Holy Communion be gluten-free? One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions

concerned catholic :  after several months of severe illness, i have been diagnosed with coeliac disease. my consultant has told me to ...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo XIV faces test of Vatican justice in Becciu meeting fallout

rome – for the outside world, it is perhaps pope leo xiv’s pleas for ceasefires in gaza and ukraine that have drawn the most attention since...
John L Allen

‘Abba’: The word that changed the world

“i made known to them your name, and i will continue to make it known” (john 17:26). in sunday’s gospel, jesus describes a key aspect of his...
Fr David Howell