Catholic Church

Q&A with the heads of St Anthony's school, Hampstead

richard berlie, head of st anthony’s boys’, and donal brennan, head of st anthony’s girls’, in london, on what makes their schools stand out...
The Catholic Herald

Time to act in Nicaragua

human rights defender bianca jagger has called upon catholic leaders around the world to speak out forcefully against the persecution of the...
Simon Caldwell

Gadfly and Scourge: On Alice Thomas Ellis

almost two decades after her death in 2005, alice thomas ellis’s novels and non-fiction works are available in paperback from bloomsbury aca...
Benjamin Ivry

Catholics overtake Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time

statistics released by nisra show that, for the first time, catholics outnumber protestants in northern ireland—the part of the island of ir...
The Catholic Herald

Belgian bishops defy Rome to introduce church blessings for same-sex couples

bishops in belgium have introduced a liturgy for the blessings of same sex couples in defiance of teaching from the vatican. a document issu...
Simon Caldwell

Pope Francis has 24 hours to do the right thing

pope francis has a golden opportunity to make amends for his treatment of cardinal joseph zen, set to go on trial in hong kong. the trial of...
The Catholic Herald

BREAKING: Pope Francis addresses Ukraine conflict in weekly address

pope francis has addressed the conflict in ukraine during his weekly address. speaking in st peter’s square, the pope said ukrainians were s...
The Catholic Herald

Synodal Path: was schism groundwork laid fifty years ago?

the recent assembly of the german synodal path may have finally put the german church on the path toward schism, building on a legacy from t...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Nichols peforms historic role at funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

this is only the second time that an archbishop of westminster has played a part in a royal funeral in modern british history. cardinal corm...
Simon Caldwell

Pope Francis kowtows to China as Cardinal Zen trial begins

just when cardinal zen needed the pope, there was silence, with the pontiff shamed by german bishop the trial of cardinal joseph zen - a lon...
The Catholic Herald