Catholic Church

we still don’t know much about john paul i, who was elected – and died – forty years ago forty years ago this week, cardinal albino luciani ...

Damian Thompson

the blistering indictment of pope francis by archbishop carlo maria viganò, published while the holy father was on a difficult trip to irela...

Fr Raymond de Souza

archbishop ngô đình thục left havoc in his wake, both in vietnamese politics and the spanish-speaking church it’s 1981 and the penitents of ...

Ned Donovan

it is distressing to contemplate how much influence journalists have on catholic life, but in truth this has long been the case. the furious...

Matthew Schmitz

no, i do not intend to write about brexit, but i am interested in the decision-making process taken before the referendum. i wanted to make ...

Quentin de la Bedoyere

during pope francis’s visit to ireland last weekend, comparisons were repeatedly drawn between the huge numbers who attended events at john ...

Mary Kenny

why is the church still struggling to get a grip on a scandal that emerged decades ago? surveying the ravaged landscape of the church today,...

Christopher R. Altieri

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

the lives of the saints are replete with stories of notorious sinners who became exemplars of catholicism. few, though, are so unusual as th...

David Oldroyd-Bolt

royal books and holy bones by eamon duffy, bloomsbury, £25 there are historians – and then there is eamon duffy. this book resoundingly demo...

Dominic Selwood