Catholic Church

pope francis will be greeted by large and enthusiastic crowds when he visits dublin to attend the 2018 world meeting of families (wmof). the...

Jon Anderson

in this summer of shame, how should bishops speak about scandals of sexual predation in the clergy? there have been some remarkable failures...

Fr Raymond de Souza

shortly after chris bain was appointed cafod director in 2003, the charity experienced one of what he calls its “wobbles”. the aid agency ca...

Luke Coppen

my first reaction when i heard about the deaths of jay austin and lauren geoghegan was “what a pair of bananas”. they were killed while cycl...

Tim Stanley

lord carey, the former archbishop of canterbury, brings credit on the church of england, but bishop peter hancock, who has criticised his be...

Ann Widdecombe

in times gone by, mothers would hope to have their daughters “married off” by the age of 25, or, at most, 30. they had a disconcerting way o...

Mary Kenny

above (top to bottom): thomas merton, dorothy day and daniel berrigan in 2017 jim forest published at play in the lions’ den , a biography o...

Danny Sullivan

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

turning the lives of great composers into theatre is a dodgy task – remembering those 1950s films where grieg or schubert strike artistic po...

Michael White

king of the north wind by claudia gold, william collins, 397pp, £25 now that few schoolchildren study much history, and even fewer medieval ...

Allan Massie