Catholic Church

Diary: by Adam Dant

for the best part of a month a huge rhinoceros has been squatting in my studio. the beast takes up most of the downstairs floor. the dog ref...

Archbishop Viganò: In his own words

vatican finances “blessed father, my transfer in this moment would provoke confusion and discouragement for those who thought it was possibl...

The Catholic Herald

Heroes, by the grace of God

twenty-five years ago, st john paul ii concluded his encyclical on the moral life by pointing to the martyrs. there are always circumstances...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Rome’s buried battle

archaeologists have discovered remarkable physical evidence of constantine’s defining victory at the milvian bridge a few years ago, an open...

Desmond O'Grady

Repent for the past, but look to the future

eight years ago all the press could talk about before the visit to britain of pope benedict xvi was child abuse. the media predicted the wee...

Will voters forgive Boris?

when anthony eden became prime minister in 1955 – having effectively been kept out of the job by churchill overstaying his tenure – he was t...

Council of confusion

australian catholics are preparing for a ‘plenary council’. but the church is in danger of encouraging false expectations jump on to any dio...

Comments of the week

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The Catholic Herald

Fine arts: The lost worlds of an emigrant artist

thomas cole’s name does not gain instant recognition in britain. in his adopted land of the united states, however, he is revered as the fou...

David Oldroyd-Bolt

The modern pope who reversed course

the pope who would be king by david kertzer, random house, 512pp, £25 for a 21st-century english catholic, stepping into the world described...