Catholic Church

In Italy, the Our Father is being re-translated - and not everyone is convinced

the italian bishops’ conference voted recently to approve a change to the translation of the our father used in the official italian edition...
Christopher R. Altieri

How Catholics are falling for the Prosperity Gospel

Increasing numbers of Catholics are embracing the belief that money can buy divine rewards
Kate Kingsbury and Andrew Chesnut

World news

st louis, missouri victim of shooting recalled as a ‘lovely soul’ catholics have paid tribute to a parishioner who was fatally shot last wee...
The Catholic Herald

The Church in the Global North is ever more defined by the South

theresa may’s reported refusal to offer asylum to asia bibi in britain has earned her well-deserved criticism. the case is a straightforward...
Fr Raymond de Souza

'Preach the faith, but preach it fully': an interview with Bishop Fellay

with his high forehead, cleft chin and old-world manners, bishop bernard fellay has a definite aura. at angelus press’s annual conference on...
Michael Warren Davis

Damien Hirst’s theology of the body

you must see the edward burne-jones exhibition at tate britain in london, especially if you love myths and legends, heroes and monsters. jon...
Tim Stanley

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ organisers of february abuse summit named what happened? the vatican has named the organising committ...
The Catholic Herald

The afternoon I found Christ in my college library

in this extract from mind, heart, and soul: intellectuals and the path to rome , edited by robert george and rj snell, the dominican theolog...
Fr Thomas Joseph White

The West's cowardice has helped cause a wave of persecution

where in the world is religious liberty rapidly shrinking? is it under tyrannical regimes like north korea, in communist countries such as c...
The Catholic Herald

Letters & emails

the ‘metropolitan model’ is flawed sir – you report that both the us bishops and rome are moving towards a “metropolitan model” for holding ...
The Catholic Herald