Catholic Church

A new approach unlocks the Russian enigma

the tragedy of property by maxim trudolyubov, polity, 226pp, £17.99 in the mid 1990s i did a stint in the bbc’s moscow bureau. it was high s...

Another look at a misunderstood movement

as is the case for much of the 19th century’s best art and architecture, the works of the pre-raphaelites can seem to be motivated by a desi...

Omnium Gatherum

as i write it is the feast of the transfiguration of the lord, august 6, commemorating when christ allowed his chief apostles to see a littl...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, august 12: 19th sunday in ordinary time 1 kgs 19:4-8; ps 34; eph 4:30-5:2; jn 6:41-51 monday, a...

The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0554

cryptic across 1 bible’s drastic inclusion of a first and second book with the same name (6) 4 he prophesied the finding of mum going west t...

Young Catholics sign open letter calling for investigation into McCarrick

'We want to know who in the hierarchy knew about his crimes,' the signatories said

Pennsylvania clergy sex abuse report still not released

Persons named in the document are still reportedly challenging its release

Argentine Senate rejects abortion bill

Senators defeated a measure that would have legalised abortion for any reason up to 14 weeks

The new Catechism text on the death penalty will damage the Church

Yes, the revised wording is unclear. But it certainly seems to imply that previous popes led the faithful into grave error

Church offers to mediate Zimbabwe election crisis

The country's bishops' conference offered to help end the violence following a disputed election