Catholic Church

The Catholicism and Catholic churches of the North Riding of Yorkshire

the north riding of yorkshire (technically abolished on 1 april 1974) is predominantly a beautiful rural area. it stretches from beyond hawe...

Pilgrimage to Chartres: Tens of thousands travel to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass

over the recent whitsun weekend i, along with more than 20,000 other pilgrims, descended upon the city of chartres, in a walking pilgrimage ...

'Dark day' for Pakistan's Christians after mob attack

mumbai – a may 25 attack on christians in north-central pakistan by an enraged muslim mob, accusing a christian man of having defaced the qu...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

Cardinal Fernández battles to fix rift with Copts over gay blessings document

rome – the vatican’s doctrinal chief has held talks with the coptic leader to heal the rift caused by rome's decision to provide non-liturgi...

The Catholic Herald

Two Catholic priests kidnapped in Nigeria within a week

yaoundé, cameroon – two catholic priests have been abducted in nigeria within a week, underscoring the ongoing persecution faced by christia...

Vatican offers assurances as China sets out rules for dialogue

rome – top vatican officials reaffirmed at a high-profile conference in rome this week that the church does not pose a threat to china’s sov...

A woman's defence of Harrison Butker

what on earth was harrison butker thinking? hasn’t he learned that the way to recognise a woman’s dignity is to use her for pleasure, get he...

Katherine Bennett

Use of AI in weaponry and war demands great care over 'accountability gap'

in his address to the 1978 united nations general assembly, pope john paul ii emphasised that “research and technology must always be at the...

BishopDeclanLang

Should Catholics worry about having an atheist prime minister?

i dare say that few british catholic herald readers are atheists. a number won’t vote labour. but even some of those who do will recoil at t...

Canadian cardinal close to Pope free of wrongdoing, finds Canonical inquiry

rome – after an anonymous allegation arose against close papal aide cardinal gérald c. lacroix of québec earlier this year, a preliminary ca...