Catholic Church

Brexit ire has replaced Catholic-bashing in Ireland

it has been well documented that brexit has worsened relations between britain and ireland. there’s a tendency, among the more brexity membe...

China and its critics should both take a close look at the past

in a recent article in this magazine, tim stanley upped the ante by suggesting that the government of china is “pure evil”. his observation ...

Lucien de Guise

The family needs defending more than ever

it’s no secret that marriage and family have been under heavy attack in western culture for quite some time. not intelligent attacks, mind y...

Could Catholicism have made Hemingway a great novelist?

ernest hemingway was reared by church-going parents as a congregationalist. his first son was christened in the church of england. then soon...

'I've had some remarkable cures': The story of John Bradburne's red headband

not being able to remember things is one of the consequences of old age, in some cases beneficial, in others frustrating. after many years i...

Richard Ingrams

In his letter to priests, the Pope speaks from the heart

in a surprise for the feast of st jean-marie vianney, pope francis released a lengthy and substantive letter to priests. august 4th this yea...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Not just ISIS: Stories of desecration from around the world

australia in 2017, statues of jesus and mary outside the church of st paul of the cross, sydney were decapitated. on the same day, hundreds ...

The Catholic Herald

The unnamable violence: Why the West is silent about the wave of desecration

on july 14, parishioners of saint-budoc à porspoder in france learned that a vandal or vandals had vomited in the parish’s holy water stoups...

Matthew Schmitz

To beat persecution, we must tackle the arms trade

the us state department recently hosted the second ministerial to advance religious freedom. bringing together more than 1,000 civil society...

Benedict Rogers

How US Catholic colleges help students discern

this year, the us bishops’ annual report on new ordinands to the priesthood identifies catholic colleges having the most ordinands among the...