Catholic Church

james pike (1913-1969) had an enormous importance. born and raised a catholic (and believing he might have a vocation), pike lost his faith ...

Charles Coulombe

cryptic across 5 with sea being stormy, king conned fellow king in assyria (10) 7 book about one viking’s end in cornwall:... (6) 8 ...accep...

Alun Evans

water covers two-thirds of the earth’s surface, and makes up almost the same proportion of the human body. no living thing, from the giant s...

The Catholic Herald

i have been listening to a wonderful recording of an advent carol service from king’s college, cambridge. it begins with the hymn come, thou...

Fr Dominic Allain

"gaudete!” (rejoice!) is the nickname for this third sunday of advent. i hope you will see lovely rose vestments in your churches. they remi...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

a year with fr rutler by fr george william rutler sophia institute press, 744pp, £200/$250 about time last year i flew to new york with a si...

Michael Warren Davis

a supernatural war by owen davies oup, 284pp, £20/$28 "there are no atheists in foxholes” – that’s the common perception of spirituality on ...

David V Barrett

i have to admit that a great deal bothers me today, and much of it has to do with higher education. this is only partly because i have retur...

Charles Coulombe

letter of the week prosperity, poverty and the gospel sir – the catholic prosperity gospel is not something new (cover story, november 30). ...

The Catholic Herald

here’s an interesting experiment: next time you are in a group of people – catholic or not – ask them to name two anti-slavery organisations...

Luke de Pulford and Sister Lynda Dearlove