Catholic Church

Monuments to a shared humanity

europe’s 100 best cathedrals by simon jenkins viking, £30, 360 pages the feeding of the 5,000 notwithstanding, the founder of christianity n...
Robert Gray

Travelling together?

i write these words on 9 october, as the synod on synodality officially launches its two-year process of… well, i’m not sure just what. you ...
Ken Craycraft

Cromwell – Church = a modern Mantel piece

thomas cromwell has become tudor england’s leading man. henry viii has been upstaged, and putney’s guttersnipe now takes centre stage with a...
The Catholic Herald

The coming King

in november, we reach the end of the church’s liturgical year, and the readings direct our minds towards the end of all things. traditionall...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

The Aegean paradise of the Pope’s island

my taxi driver in the cycladic island of syros is a bearlike character called stelios. he gives me a bearlike hug; maybe this is because i c...
Bill Colegrave

Street-art salvation

if you go to positivenote.co.uk , you can watch david tovey and mitchel ceney painting together to the soundtrack of bach’s mass in b minor....
Olenka Hamilton

Stars and bars

the 25 november marks the 21st anniversary of the “night under the stars” gala concert for the passage. this year, the evening at the royal ...
Peter Sheppard

Investigate offences to prevent future scandals

the holy father gave the only possible response to the independent inquiry on child sex abuse within the french catholic church over 70 year...
The Catholic Herald

A joyous conversion

it is a cause of genuine rejoicing that dr michael nazir-ali, the former anglican bishop of rochester, has been received into the catholic c...
The Catholic Herald

Brian Cox isn’t right about souls

one of the great things about the dominican order is its clear mission statement: preaching the gospel for the salvation of souls. this so i...
Fr Robert Verrill OP