Catholic Church

The week ahead: Missal anniversary, war memorial and a novena

tomorrow, saturday september 28, the association for latin liturgy will mark its 50th anniversary with an open meeting and mass at corpus ch...
Staff writers

Overlooked: Vatican puts finishing touches to new constitution

what happened? the vatican has moved a step closer towards having a new constitution. pope francis’s council of cardinal advisers has b...
Staff writers

The big story: Influential priest accused of 'ambiguity'

what happened? archbishop charles chaput of philadelphia has criticised the influential priest-author fr james martin, saying his work ...
Staff writers

Could the Vatican-China deal undermine the Church's credibility?

last sunday marked the first anniversary of the “provisional agreement” between china and the holy see. it was the result of decades of dipl...
The Catholic Herald

Some counsels on faith and religion for our present generation

it’s no secret that today we’re witnessing a massive decline in church attendance and, seemingly, a parallel loss of interest in religion. t...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser

The artist who saw the prophet Ezekiel in Peckham

the best known of blake’s works is that bit of his poem on milton which we know as jerusalem – the anthem of the women’s institute, the rauc...
Melanie McDonagh

Heretic of the week: Robert Browne

rather obscure today, robert browne (1550s-1633) is arguably one of the most important figures in anglo-american religious history. born to ...
Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0611

cryptic across 7 dog one from strasbourg (8) 8 chap’s going back to the old country (4) 9 how americans familiarize with the east (6) 10 jus...
Alun Evans

How to… Pray the Newman novena

among the preparations for the forthcoming canonisation of blessed john henry newman on october 13 is a special novena, or nine days of pray...
The Catholic Herald

What the Amazon synod document gets wrong about Creation

the summer afforded me several opportunities to see the sea. two new grief to grace sites, in perth and on the côte d’azur, were near the in...
Fr Dominic Allain