Catholic Church

Laughter is the best medicine in this post-truth world

we know jesus wept, but did he laugh? and if he did, how might that help us in our struggles with the culture wars, and in our attempts...

<strong>Why are more Christians killed in Nigeria than everywhere else combined?</strong>

“allahu akbar!” shouted a terrorist in spain recently as he wounded a priest and killed a sacristan in broad daylight. god is great, certain...

'Almost no sign' of international response in Syria

a catholic charity’s projects coordinator reporting from the scene of the devastating earthquakes has said that there is little, if any, evi...

George Weigel's new book is a colossal contribution to modern Church history

“christendom was over.” these stark words, repeated several times by the great american scholar george weigel in his new book,  to sanc...

Pope Francis prays for Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for 26 years for trumped-up treason charges

pope francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a nicaraguan catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason. the ponti...

Dublin's appalling new 'St Patrick's Festival' bears no resemblance to the feast day's origins

hot on the heels of rebranding christmas festivities in dublin as "winter holidays" and co-opting st brigid’s day on behalf of a mythical ce...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Nicaraguan bishop jailed for 26 years after he spurns offer of exile in United States

the nicaraguan dictatorship has sent a catholic bishop to jail for 26 years for treason after he refused to board a plane to take him into e...

The problem with a 'gender-neutral' God

the church of england bishops, we are told, are going to debate whether god should be gender neutral, and thus not referred to as "he" or "f...

Katherine Bennett

The Surrender upon Sex: a critique of the Church of England

this is a chapter and extract from catholic herald writer gk chesterton's 1935 book "the well and the shallows". i have explained that these...

Bishop Barron: The teachings of the Church Fathers are our 'spiritual weapons' - it is madness to throw them away

( photograph: catholic herald columnist katherine bennett helped organise bishop barron's uk tour ) i have been watching bishop barron onlin...

Katherine Bennett