Catholic Church

Contact your local MP over assisted suicide bill, plead bishops of Lancaster and East Anglia in pastoral letters

episcopal pastoral letters against a proposed bill to legalise assisted suicide in the uk, set to be read in parliament on 29 november, keep...
Tom Colsy

Cardinal calls all Catholics to 'holy hour' of prayer to defeat assisted suicide Bill

cardinal vincent nichols has called for catholics in england and wales to join him and fellow bishops to pray for a "holy hour" next week fo...
Simon Caldwell

Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria

yaoundé, cameroon – another catholic priest has been kidnapped in nigeria. fr emmanuel azubuike, parish priest of st theresa in the okigwe d...
Ngala Chimtom

Synodality and Christian anthropology: Cambridge remembers Nicholas Lash

nicholas lash receives a papal knighthood from bishop alan hopes in 2017 : www.rcdea.org.uk on the evening of 7 november, fisher house in ca...
Ciaron Tobin

Tales of Tallinn: How Estonia's religious history casts a long and dark shadow

fed up with the fickle english weather, i decided i wanted beauty and beer so booked a last-minute weekend trip to tallinn. in addition to t...
Serenhedd James

'Can I receive Communion after getting divorced?' – one of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions

a concerned catholic : james and i divorced 20 years ago. i stopped going to communion because i knew that divorced people aren’t suppo...
The Catholic Herald

Restoration of landmark Manchester church reveals hidden beauty that goes along with wear and tear of Catholic brick and mortar

work to restore the tower of holy name church in manchester has revealed both architectural gems as well as the inevitable deterioration tha...
The Catholic Herald

Sister Clare Crockett, the beloved 'All or Nothing' Irish nun, up for sainthood

the beatification cause is being opened for sister clare crockett, the young irish nun who turned her back on a promising acting career for ...
The Catholic Herald

Trump victory indicates white Catholics becoming major GOP voter bloc

voter turnout during the 2024 us presidential election indicates that white catholics are increasingly likely to vote for the republican par...
johnlavenburg

The long and faithful history of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street:

the importance of the church of our lady of the assumption and st gregory in the history of catholicism in london over the past three centur...
Monsignor Keith Newton