Catholic Church

Small sins lead to bigger sins – go to Confession

as i’ve already written a piece about the collect for the 25th ordinary sunday in the past, i’ll intrude on bishop mcgough’s turf and commen...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Is Christianity better sung than said?

music and faith by jonathan arnold boydell, 288pp, £30/$40 few readers of this magazine would, i imagine, challenge the idea that music is a...

William Blake review: a strangely utilitarian portrait of a visionary

william blake lies in bunhill fields cemetery in london, a couple of hundred yards away from the catholic herald’s office. his grave was rec...

David V Barrett

The magical thinking of WB Yeats

william butler yeats (1865-1939) is one of the most celebrated poets in english. and one of the most difficult to talk about in relation to ...

Francis O’Gorman

Letters: Do English Catholics still cherish Our Lady?

sir – nowadays one rarely sees saturday masses of our lady in parishes. masses celebrated on saturday are mostly vigils of the sunday, and e...

The Catholic Herald

Marx's revolutionary synod

in the 1940s, a jesuit theologian named henri bouillard proclaimed that a theology that is not “up to date” is a “false theology”. at such a...

The Polish Church is under attack, but it is standing firm

poland’s bishops recently commemorated the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war with their german counterparts. their sh...

Jonathan Luxmoore

Newman's profoundly subversive advice for Christian politicians

is a christian who believes that abortion is wrong in every case or that marriage can only be between a man and a woman suitable for public ...

Two very different Catholics battle to be Canada's PM

canadians are famous for saying sorry. it’s the default setting for public encounters; a busy railway station or airport is a cacophony of c...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Why is the Church not standing up for parental rights?

across the world, parents are engaged in battles with local and national governments over their right to decide how sex education is taught ...