Catholic Church

A curriculum to reflect who we are

in 1905, one miss agnew sat at her desk in carlisle and sketched out the “scheme of instruction” for the poor catholic boys and girls of st ...
Michael Merrick

Comments of the week

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

Film: Secular sermonising gets Francis all wrong

did you know that pope francis is the head of a global humanitarian organisation dedicated principally to saving “mother earth”? this is the...
KV Turley

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...
Robin Aitken

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...
James Baresel

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...
Alun Evans

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
Staff Reporter

Pennsylvania clergy sex abuse report still not released

Persons named in the document are still reportedly challenging its release
Rhina Guidos