Catholic Church

Evangelisation: The digital fringe

how bishop barron plans to re-engage lapsed catholics bishop robert barron has pioneered a “digital strategy” for the american church. his w...
Michael Warren Davis

Abuse crisis: The state we’re in

how far will the new department of justice investigation go? state involvement in the ongoing clerical abuse crisis in the american church w...
Michael Warren Davis

Cafod: Communication breakdown

a watchdog’s bark was worse than its bite as the reins change hands at cafod, with chris bain (pictured) departing as director later this ye...
Dan Hitchens

Abortion: The end of stigma?

a new bill aims to redefine how the law sees abortion at midnight on monday, many catholics across portsmouth diocese began a fast, not to b...
Dan Hitchens

Youth synod: The final straight

can the bishops’ concluding document please everyone? a pair of high-profile invitations came to pope francis last week ­– one from china an...
Christopher R. Altieri

Comment of the week

lobsters, cornish pasties and rigid rules sir – i understand what ann farmer is saying (letter, october 19) but she overstates her case. the...
The Catholic Herald

Omnium gatherum

the collect for the 30th ordinary sunday, also in the 1962 missale romanum for the 13th sunday after pentecost, was in the ancient verona sa...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

The epiphanies of a Norwegian Trappist

the shattering of loneliness: on christian remembrance by erik varden ocso, bloomsbury, 192pp £10.99 the cistercian community of mount st be...
Hugh Somerville-Knapman OSB

In brief

newark, united states university asks for courtesy as students abuse seminarians students at a catholic university have been urged to be civ...
Staff writers

The Yankee who fought for Catholic values

this new collection of the catholic writings of orestes brownson is very welcome. brownson (1803-1876) was one of the few original political...
Gerald Russello