Catholic Church

Prize crossword 0584

cryptic across 6 curing sort of a fish, girl and boy, for starters (5,7) 7 french festival that’s about names with extreme egos (6) 8 americ...

St Alphonsus would have understood the Church's present woes

i remember when i was a teacher that one of the motivational techniques the jesuits employed was to cultivate a healthy rivalry. there were ...

Fr Dominic Allain

Spiritual books: a humbling conversion story

subtitled our journey to the catholic church, the great discovery, by ulf and birgitta ekman (ignatius press, 280pp, £13.75/$...

Francis Phillips

A masterly account of Ireland's descent into civil war

the battle of the four courts by michael fewer, head of zeus, 320pp, £20/$30 michael fewer’s the battle of the four courts is an account of ...

Letters & emails

a liturgy out of lawrence of arabia sir – jon anderson’s cover story on the eastern catholic churches (march 8) brought back memories of a h...

The Catholic Herald

Ireland's pro-lifers still have reason to hope

growing up as an irish catholic in the 1990s and early 2000s, i was quietly but fiercely proud of my country. our economy was the envy of th...

Pell, Barbarin and the need for canon law

the legal cases of three cardinals – theodore mccarrick, george pell and philippe barbarin – are a test of the church’s attitude towards her...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Diary: The day Hillary Clinton went to a Traditional Latin Mass

recently i stepped inside fisher house, home of the cambridge university catholic chaplaincy, for a pre-lenten day of recollection. the last...

Why Duterte both insults and defends priests

rodrigo duterte is arguably the most anti-clerical head of state in the world today. since he was sworn in as president in june 2016, he has...

Trevor Gardiner

The French Church after Cardinal Barbarin

the conviction of lyon’s archbishop, cardinal philippe barbarin, by a french court on march 7 for failing to report alleged sexual abuse by ...