Catholic Church

Reaching the oasis of prayer means crossing the spiritual desert

the  catechism of the catholic church  provides a beautiful summary of the different ways of praying. after summarising the differ...

Fr Jeffrey Kirby C

EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool archdiocese U-turns over church closure where Victorian mystic had ecstasies

the catholic church in which victorian mystic teresa higginson was said to have received rapturous visions of the crucifixion has been saved...

What throne am I looking for? One of glory or of grace?

"allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory." (mark 10:37) what throne am i looking for?  we ...

Fr David Howell

Venezuela bishops demand government come clean about election results

são paulo, brazil – amid widspread claims of fraud surrounding elections in july that supposedly ended in the narrow reelection of president...

EduardoCamposLima

Letters: Pope Francis has 'made an art form of ambiguity' and 'contortions of the mind'

a risky business sir – speaking at world youth day in rio de janeiro in july 2013, pope francis told those gathered there “hagan lio!” in tr...

Catholic Herald Readers

French archbishop consecrates diocese to Sacred Heart of Jesus ahead of parade of 'Satanic' art

a french archbishop has consecrated his diocese to the sacred heart of jesus in response to the visit of an artistic creation with esoteric ...

Trump pitches for Catholic vote as Harris snubs Al Smith dinner

new york – amid executives, journalists and current and former political allies and adversaries, former president donald trump used the podi...

Los Angeles archdiocese will pay $880 million to provide 'just compensation' to abuse victims

the archdiocese of los angeles will pay out $880 million to settle 1,353 childhood sexual abuse claims. it is hoped the settlement will prov...

Georgina Rodriguez's wildly popular Netflix series is as much about her Catholicism as about the glamour

“this is the jesus i like, the one that moved me during the holy week procession,” says spanish-argentine model and influencer georgina rodr...

CharlotteRobson

Cardinal Gregory offers tough advice on the Catholic Dilemma this US election

with less than twenty days to go before the united states presidential election, the cardinal archbishop of washington, dc, has acknowledged...