Catholic Church

Nun and art critic Sister Wendy Beckett dies aged 88

She achieved international fame presenting TV documentaries on art history

St Stephen’s Day connects Christ’s birth to his salvific mission, Pope Francis says

the feast of the first christian martyr, st. stephen, falls the day after christmas —  timing that contains an important spiritual less...

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Cardinal Nichols's Christmas message to Catholic Herald readers

central to our faith is our belief in 'the holy catholic church'. it was this that pope francis chose to emphasise in his closing remarks at...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols

Priest apologises for funeral homily that focused on suicide

a michigan priest criticised for emphasising suicide in his homily during a recent funeral for an 18-year-old who took his own life has sinc...

Carol Zimmermann

Pope Francis tells Curia: 'Spare no effort' in bringing abusers to justice

pope francis strongly condemned clerical sex abuse in his annual christmas speech to the roman curia friday, promising that the church leade...

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Vietnam could allow the Holy See to appoint a nuncio 'in the near future'

Negotiators are trying to establish full diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the communist state

What is Pope Francis doing in 2019?

The Pope has a busy schedule, but February's meeting on abuse could be a defining moment

Dear Fr Rutler: what should I do when my family trash-talk the Pope?

dear father rutler, pope francis isn’t my favourite vicar of christ of the last couple of millennia, but i don’t like the way some of my fri...

Fr George Rutler

How America helped revive the Boar's Head feast

we americans have a way of taking european customs and cultural items, reinventing them to our liking, and as often as not sending them back...

Charles Coulombe

The double message of Christmas

i’ve never been happy with some of my activist friends who send out christmas cards with messages like: “may the peace of christ disturb you...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser