Catholic Church

The best of the web: America's African priests, a new religion, and leaving Orthodoxy

how african vocations are helping america at quartz africa , lekan oguntoyinbo reported on “a growing trend in the catholic church in americ...

The week ahead: Abortion vigil, Newman talks, canonisation tickets

cincinnati catholics will be praying to end abortion tomorrow, in the weekly event at holy name catholic church, 2448 auburn avenue. mass wi...

Overlooked: Indian priests defy cardinal

what happened? the divisions among india’s syro-malabar priests have been laid bare, after cardinal george alencherry, the leader of the syr...

The big story: Vincent Lambert dies after withdrawal of food and water

what happened? vincent lambert, the severely disabled frenchman who was at the centre of a legal battle, has died after his doctors cut off ...

Burma, not Belgium, is the future of the Church

which country produces the most priests relative to the size of its catholic population? is it brazil, the powerhouse of latin american cath...

The Catholic Herald

Wanted: certain kinds of saints

the french philosopher simone weil once commented that it’s not enough today to be merely a saint. rather, “we must have the saintliness dem...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Wolf Hall: When ingenious fiction meets public ignorance

just in time for the publication of the mirror and the light, the third and final volume of hilary mantel’s trilogy about the life of t...

Melanie McDonagh

Prize crossword 0601

cryptic across 1 eyes beginning to go, need earliest treatment for transplant fixes (7) 5 nymph’s impiety rebounds, ensnaring even thos...

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, july 14 : 15th sunday in ordinary time dt 30:10-14; ps 69; col 1:15-20; lk 10:25-37 m...

The Catholic Herald

How to… join the papal nobility

in spite of a succession of reforms in the modern era, including the second vatican council, the catholic church has never abolished the pap...

The Catholic Herald