Catholic Church

Letters: Do not forget the killing of priests 

the synod we really need   sir – with all the attention on the amazon synod and the suggestion that married men might be ordained to ad...
The Catholic Herald

The pastoral challenge of the ‘gig economy’

is swearing a moral issue? in the past, we were taught that invoking “the holy name” blasphemously was indeed an offence. but there are so m...
Mary Kenny

Literary London turns out for the inaugural Catholic Herald Book Awards

the inaugural catholic herald book awards have taken place at brown’s hotel in london, with the broadcaster and author mark lawson acting as...
The Catholic Herald

How Argentina's crises have shaped the Pope's thinking

cry for argentina. further economic suffering is on its way, and that has implications for the catholic teaching on the economy under native...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The return of the Communion wars

joe biden, a frontrunner for the   democratic party’s presidential  nomination, is a lifelong catholic who has drifted leftward si...
Jordan Bloom

Portugal's pro-lifers face an uphill battle to stop euthanasia

euthanasia is a step closer to being legalised in portugal, following elections that took place on october 6, which strengthened the three p...
Filipe D'Avillez

Argentina's new Peronist rulers may take on the Church over abortion

pope francis’s native argentina has swung sharply to the left in its recent general election. amid a deep economic crisis, conservative pres...
Jon Anderson

'I expected more': Why whistleblowers are surprised by the Buffalo inquiry

when the vatican announced the new law vos estis lux mundi, reforming the way the holy see investigates claims of abuse cover-up, veteran ch...
Christopher R. Altieri

After 37 years, a Falklands War statue returns from Britain to Argentina

a statue of the blessed virgin mary has been returned to argentina nearly four decades after invading troops carried it with them to the fal...
Simon Caldwell

'An unassailable principle': Clergy back parental rights on sex education

catholic parents who want their children to know the truth of human sexuality may, at times, feel overwhelmed by a popular culture saturated...
Simon Caldwell