Catholic Church

Heretic of the week: Ignatius Loyola Donnelly

ignatius loyola donnelly (1831-1901) was born in philadelphia to an irish catholic immigrant family. his father, a doctor, died young, and h...

Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0602

cryptic across 5 pope in rome, number thirteen connected to st lucia – that’s high (8,3) 7 game with horses left mess all around (4) 8 herb’...

How to… Use holy medals

there is a theory that the use of holy medals in the catholic church might have originated from pagan practices, when missionaries christian...

The Catholic Herald

The hardest thing about my last 20 years as a priest

in the days before there were memes, evangelical churches used to display catchy posters on their noticeboards. they included “ch —ch. what’...

Fr Dominic Allain

Fulton Sheen's brilliant guide to Jesus's last hours

stephen f auth’s the missionary of wall street (sophia institute press, 184pp, £14.40/$15) is subtitled from managing money to saving souls ...

Francis Phillips

It wasn't Colonel Blimp who gave us Brexit

anglo nostalgia by edoardo campanella and marta dassù hurst publications, 234pp, £25/$32.95 there has for some time been a popular theory th...

The Last Czars on Netflix: What did the Romanovs do to deserve this?

the last czars, on netflix, juggles documentary and drama with mixed results. the documentary sections, with commentary from a half dozen or...

Letters & emails

a weakened china will seek scapegoats sir – the leading article in your july 5 issue emphasises something that is too often overlooked or do...

The Catholic Herald

The cautionary tale of Pastor Amy

trouble roils manhattan’s riverside church, the neo-gothic behemoth on the upper west side that serves as one of the enduring bastions of am...

I was agnostic, my friend a 'mere Christian'. We both found the path to Rome

my friend benjamin brazzel’s journey to the catholic church almost began in a mosque. he was invited there by a friend, and was struck ...