Catholic Church

urgent restoration work is under way at st sophia cathedral in kiev. with its stunning 11th-century frescoes and mosaics, it is here that th...

Konstantin von Eggert

a depressing phenomenon has occurred in the years since britain voted to leave the european union back in june 2016. the national argument h...

Jenny McCartney

forget the panto; the classy destination in the run-up to christmas in london is simon callow’s terrific one-man rendition of a christmas ca...

Melanie McDonagh

when i approached our friends and colleagues about this little symposium, each one responded immediately with a moving appeal for their cand...

Michael Warren Davis

pope julius ii, born giuliano della rovere, has come down to us as “the warrior pope”. this is with good reason: his pontificate, which last...

Stephen Withnell

the true significance of altar rails sir – mr b robinson (letter, december 7) asks whether we can have our altar rails back. the answer is i...

The Catholic Herald

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 ...

Mary Kenny

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

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...

Sohrab Ahmari

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