Catholic Church

A Protestant novelist's case for Catholicism

an enduring paradox of american literature is that a protestant author, willa cather (1873–1947) wrote novels with catholic themes that have...
Benjamin Ivry

Letters: 'Services of the Word' offer no offence to God

services of the word are no offence to god sir – in his letter (october 11) donato tallo terms the practice of liturgies of the word and hol...
The Catholic Herald

The hats that speak

as a boy, i was fascinated by the kippah a jewish friend wore upon his head. i did not understand it. why did he wear it? i never asked. but...
C C Pecknold

The Irish border is already ambiguous

fears are sometimes expressed that if brexit goes pear-shaped, and the united kingdom leaves the eu without a deal, terrorism could return t...
Mary Kenny

The moral theory that failed – but is now back in fashion

you don’t have to be a catholic theologian, journalist or even that much of a church-watcher to understand that there has been a battle afoo...
Fr Thomas Berg

Liberty and religion are drifting apart

when alexis de tocqueville visited america in the 1830s, he was struck by how radically it differed from france. in his home country, the pa...
Matthew Schmitz

Don't try to sugarcoat St John Henry

the canonisation of john henry newman was a glorious affair and, for this writer – the chaplain for newman house at queen’s university in ki...
Fr Raymond de Souza

'We have prayed for this': The day Rome rejoiced with Newman's converts

on the day of john henry newman’s funeral on august 19, 1890, more than 15,000 people took to the streets of birmingham to pay homage to him...
Simon Caldwell

Meet the 'holy quartet' of women saints canonised with Newman

john henry newman’s extraordinary influence on the church – and well beyond it – ensured that his canonisation on october 13 received intern...
William Doino Jr

Should Catholics still back the European Convention on Human Rights?

catholics have often made common cause with the promoters of human rights. and with good reason: as leo xiii argued in rerum novarum (1891),...
Andrew Tettenborn