Catholic Church

The untold life of the woman who wrote 'In the Bleak Midwinter'

this, surely, is one of the most poetic of christmas carols: in the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water ...

George Bernard Shaw's unconvincing atheism

when it came to playing the part of a curmudgeon, george bernard shaw seemed to enjoy the role, and there are few better examples of this th...

Fr George Rutler

Bruce Springsteen rediscovers his Catholic roots

eternity is calling bruce springsteen, and it’s drawing him back to his childhood parish church, whose steeple cast a long shadow over his w...

The CDF has been marginalised. Will Archbishop Scicluna's appointment reverse that?

if there was a catholic “man of the year” for 2018, many people’s candidate would be archbishop charles scicluna of malta. or perhaps “firem...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Diary: Introducing Americans to the three-hour lunch

when the catholic herald team arrived to launch our 130-year-old magazine in america, i thought we were primarily on an intellectual mission...

How the world's youngest cardinal became one of Africa's strongest moral authorities

in the central african republic (car), one of the world’s most violent countries, the year ended much as it had begun, with catholic church ...

Jonathan Luxmoore

English and Welsh Catholics could be getting a new lectionary

mass-goers will soon be hearing a different bible translation used for readings, according to reports. the current lectionary (official coll...

Rome at Christmas: a not-so-silent night

Christmas in Rome is jam-packed with crowds, cribs and roasted chestnuts

Christopher R. Altieri

World news

santa clara, california why young catholics are leaving the church an american study on young adults leaving the church has found that about...

The Catholic Herald

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ supreme court declines planned parenthood cases what happened? the us supreme court has declined to a...

The Catholic Herald