Catholic Church

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

The Martins didn't know they were saints – but they wanted to be

if your only catholic association for the date of july 12 was hitherto the painful one of the battle of the boyne, a new and beautiful one c...

Fr Dominic Allain

First impressions can be misleading. Just ask St Alexius

on the heights of rome’s aventine hill, between the basilica churches of sant’anselmo and santa sabina and near to the gated grounds of the ...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Letters & emails

the newman cause’s forgotten heroes sir – the debt of gratitude owed to fr gregory winterton cong orat and mgr dr francis davis in thei...

The Catholic Herald

The royal gossip we need

the christening of archie, the infant son of the duke and duchess of sussex, at windsor castle’s private chapel last weekend drew much specu...

How the Israel Folau case is dividing Australia – and the Church

not a day passes in australia without hearing the latest in the saga of israel folau, the sporting superstar sacked by rugby australia (ra) ...