Catholic Church

Letters: Do we treat our churches with the respect they deserve?

we need to get our own house in order sir – matthew schmitz (cover story, august 9) asks how it is that when our churches are desecrated, th...
The Catholic Herald

The anti-clerical poet who inspired conversions to Catholicism

how should one evaluate the relationship of a poet with the church, when his verse is either obscure or plainly hostile to organised religio...
Benjamin Ivry

Some churchmen are embarrassed by their authority. Not Francis

in 1981, john paul ii released familiaris consortio, a document which stated that unless the divorced and remarried abstain from sex, admitt...
Matthew Schmitz

The question no Catholic can avoid

the lutheran pastor and humorist hans fiene recently remarked “the most obnoxious protestants in the world are liberal boomer catholics.” th...
C C Pecknold

'No one enjoys their first glass of beer': Cardinal Hume's advice on prayer

to answer the question, “why does cardinal basil hume’s spirituality still speak to people today?”, i remember something he once told the pr...
The Catholic Herald

How John Paul II's great encyclical is being erased from history

at the heart of the controversy over the dismantling of the john paul ii institute in rome is the effective sacking of two leading moral the...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The Viganò affair has revealed the depth of the Church's crisis

a year ago, archbishop carlo maria viganò was a retired diplomat who was little known beyond the limited world of vaticanologists. he had re...
Fr Mark Drew

Diary: Newman's failures make him an ideal patron for students

at last, newman house university chaplaincy has gone contactless. we still pass the money bags around at mass, as if following a half-rememb...
Fr Stephen Wang

Argentina: Where did it all go wrong?

few things in the realms of the human psyche can prove quite so traumatising as the loss of a high status once enjoyed. the history of argen...
Andrew Cusack

What it means to be an American Catholic

what is america? is it a land, molded by geology and industry, and pregnant with legend? is it a people, shaped by a common history and a sh...
Brandon McGinley