Catholic Church

On money and other matters, it's been a rough few weeks in Rome

the past few weeks have been awfully rough for pope francis, the roman curia, and for church leadership generally, especially on three front...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Brazil to Berlin

washington, dc new rules to protect catholic adoption agencies catholic adoption agencies will be able to follow church teaching without los...

Quotes of the week

moving away from the mind of christ, his concerns for the poor and the fact that he came to make all things new nigerian bishop matthew hass...

The week ahead: Remembrance, Confirmations, Bishops' Assembly

on sunday november 10, catholics will be taking part in remembrance sunday, when the war dead are commemorated. in oxford, for example, ther...

Overlooked: 'LGBT Masses' return to Britain

what happened? masses for the lgbt community have returned to britain, almost seven years after archbishop vincent nichols ended them in wes...

Big story: Statue thrower revealed

what happened? the man who threw the controversial “pachamama” statues into the tiber has come forward. alexander tschugguel, a 26-year-old ...

This is the best chance to heal the rift between Rome and the US

one of the deepest rifts in the church today is that between rome and the united states. as with most strained relationships, there is no si...

The Catholic Herald

The frustrating struggle for humility

it’s hard to be humble, not because we don’t have more than enough deficiencies to merit humility, but rather because there’s a crafty mecha...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Prize crossword 0617

cryptic across 1 parallel bible passage about corn – deacon follows the key (11) 8 joseph’s lad is right to point to short book’s introducti...

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, november 3 : the 31st sunday in ordinary time wis 11:22-12:2; ps 145; 2 thes 1:11-2:2; lk 19:1-...

The Catholic Herald