Catholic Church

Why I’m now convinced Shakespeare was a Catholic

interviewing the writer joseph pearce for one of the herald’s recent merely catholic podcasts has opened up a whole new world for me. i foun...
Gavin Ashenden

Antonia Nonagenaria

it was over lunch at le poule au pot towards the end of july that i suggested that lady antonia fraser might give the catholic herald an int...
Serenhedd James

Let's make the most of advent to appreciate Christmas

many of our readers will receive this christmas edition of the catholic herald in advent – the time of arriving, the beginning of the church...
The Catholic Herald

Raise a glass to GK Chesterton

this year marks the centenary of gk chesterton’s reception into the catholic church. it had been anticipated by some of his most catholic wr...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Sarah issues warning on religious freedom

“democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others,” insisted winston churchill. less famously, he went on to say that th...
Gavin Ashenden

Walsingham rector appointed new Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark

(photo credit: marcin mazur) pope francis has appointed the rector of the marian shrine at walsingham as a new auxiliary bishop of southwark...
Simon Caldwell

Let us prepare to rediscover the value of waiting this Advent

was it easier once upon a time? did people in the past have more time for god? were they more naturally attuned to what god was saying to th...
Fr Mark Vickers

Own goal: the Church of England and the World Cup Final

with the world’s eyes on qatar, there’s a huge rumpus brewing in the clergy circles i move in – both face-to-face and on social media – abou...
Jeremy Haselock

Cardinals condemn German 'Synodal Path' in Vatican report

on thursday the vatican published reports prepared by  cardinal luis ladaria ferrer and  cardinal marc ouellet which condemned the...
Mark Lambert

The Synod can never achieve its aim of making the Church 'Catholic in a different way'

bishop georg bätzing, the head of the german bishops’ conference (dbk), has explained what he wants the german synodal path to ach...
Gavin Ashenden