Catholic Church

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...

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...

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...

How 'victimhood' is destroying the Church

a misguided quest for equality in the church is driving us further and further away from god , writes gavin ashenden as with chess, so with ...

A solution to problems faced by the Order of Malta?

i humbly entreat thee through the intercession of the most holy virgin of philermo, of st john the baptist, blessed gerard and all the saint...

Father Anonymous

Gugerotti to play vital role in Vatican's efforts to end Ukraine war

the vatican's new prefect for the dicastery for eastern churches is expected to play a pivotal role in the holy see's efforts to end the war...

Olenka Hamilton

Church needs encyclical to counter gender ideology, says Dutch cardinal

a dutch cardinal has asked pope francis for a papal encyclical to combat the false anthropology at the heart of the ideology of gender. card...

Synodality – an exercise in misreading St John Henry Newman and 'Lumen gentium'

one consequence of writing for the catholic herald on the synodal process is that it seems to make some people excitably angry. when socrate...