Catholic Church

the gathering in rome is intent on keeping up the appearance of debate what are they on about? that is the question a lot of people are aski...

Christopher R. Altieri

bishops from liverpool to london are supporting a revival of the rosary earlier this month archbishop malcolm mcmahon of liverpool requested...

Simon Caldwell

asia bibi’s family are anxiously anticipating the supreme court’s verdict asia bibi has been on death row for eight years. while she has rem...

Mark Greaves

the prosperity gospel is infiltrating catholic churches the prosperity gospel ­– the idea that god will reward people who donate to their ch...

Jonathan Luxmoore

allan massie reflects on the life and work of the orkney poet george mackay brown, who saw holiness in the natural world george mackay brown...

Allan Massie

sometimes i feel like a bit of a fraud. i never intended to become a public catholic: i converted to catholicism expecting it to fix me on t...

Tim Stanley

“you dodged it,” i smiled at my priest as the congregation was filing past him after mass, and he grinned, knowing what i meant. the theme o...

Ann Widdecombe

its politics used to be defined by the cold war. today, the landscape is one of religious divisions and resurgent populism brazil’s economic...

Jon Anderson

letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. email: letters@catholicherald.c...

The Catholic Herald

where will my countrymen find transcendence now, asks michael duggan in the middle of the last century, whenever they needed to experience t...

Michael Duggan