Catholic Church

How to… Tweet like a Catholic

the more famous a person is, the more followers they will have on twitter, that most dynamic of social media platforms. popularity is no mea...
The Catholic Herald

The Amazon synod reminds me of Marxism's post-war heyday

ecclesiology was so important during my seminary formation that it was one of only two courses that ran for two semesters. the name of our l...
Fr Dominic Allain

We all have a God-given task in the vale of tears

november introduces the phase of the liturgical year when we shift to ponder the last things: death, judgment, heaven and hell and the secon...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

How the sacraments change lives

rose rea’s spirit and life: the holy sacraments of the catholic church (sophia institute press, 256pp, £23/$29.95) is a beautifully produced...
Francis Phillips

How books kept a broken nation's soul alive

syria’s secret library by mike thomson weidenfeld, 320pp, £18.99/$28 it was because of my love of books as well as my passion for human righ...
Benedict Rogers

George Lloyd wasn't a Catholic. But his Symphonic Mass is a masterpiece of joy

the cornish composer george lloyd (1913-98) experienced an unlikely renaissance during the 1980s, leading to new creative partnerships. the ...
Peter Davison

Letters: The Newman line that inspired me to convert

newman inspired me to come home sir – john owen writes (letters, october 25) that st john henry newman’s “greatest miracle has been the conv...
The Catholic Herald

Vietnam's heartbreaking half-century

the reports of 39 people – now assumed to be vietnamese – who froze to death in a lorry container coming from zeebrugge, and found in essex ...
Mary Kenny

Thousands of medieval churches face ruin. Who will save them?

since leaving the cosmopolitan delights of london and moving to deepest north norfolk three years ago, i have become immersed in the questio...
Peter Sheppard

To win, the pro-life movement must be both more secular and more religious

the anti-abortion movement is in a strange place. on the one hand, roe v wade might soon be substantially weakened by the us supreme court, ...
Ben Conroy