Catholic Church

Letters: The case for canonising 'the saint of mass media'

the case for canonising ‘st mugg’ sir – with the apparent demise of the cause of gk chesterton (week in review, august 9) is it not time to ...
The Catholic Herald

The strange allure of Marianne Williamson

the democratic primary is what might be generously called a clown show. there are candidates with a serious chance of winning the nomination...
Steve Larkin

A beginner's guide to the works of John Henry Newman

even by victorian standards, john henry cardinal newman was a prolific writer. he wrote and published in many genres, from the controversial...
The Catholic Herald

The Church used to have a powerful economic voice. What went wrong?

one hundred years ago, the national catholic war council, the predecessor of today’s us conference of catholic bishops, issued a “program fo...
Matthew Schmitz

Don't be afraid of Thomism

modern theologians, especially in the post-war period, often spoke as though the catholic church would have to change in order to maintain r...
C C Pecknold

The logic behind Pope Francis's cardinal appointments

the creation of cardinals used to be fairly predictable, as red hats were given to “cardinalatial” sees and the more senior and historic off...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Pope fiction: a new film could entrench myths about Benedict and Francis

the world premiere of the two popes, a film directed by fernando meirelles and written by anthony mccarten, took place at the telluride film...
Christopher R. Altieri

Greenland was once a Catholic bastion – then the Church vanished

a 13th-century norwegian chronicler thought long and hard about why anyone would want to settle greenland – the subject of a recent dispute ...
Jonathan Wright

The Vatican makes a dramatic move against a crisis-hit cardinal

there appears to be no imminent finale to the corruption scandal that has dogged the syro-malabar catholic church and its head, cardinal geo...
Saptarshi Ray

A shaman, an assisted suicide, and a headache for Seattle archdiocese

between the invented “community statement” a portland parish appended to the creed we heard about last month, and the fact that a self-ident...
Jordan Bloom