Catholic Church

it was thirty years ago this summer that st john paul ii promulgated pastor bonus, his reorganization of the roman curia, completing the cur...

Fr Raymond de Souza

theodore mccarrick did not want to be known as a father. he encouraged young men and boys to call him “uncle”, and called them his nephews i...

Matthew Schmitz

book extract a parish, by nature, is missionary. it opens out. it does not fold in upon itself. jesus sent his disciples: ‘‘go into all the ...

Cardinal Francis Arinze

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 great french catholic poet, journalist and polemicist charles péguy died at the first battle of the marne at the very outset of the firs...

John Milbank

what is a catholic to make of a “mass” in which the celebrant throws the host to the ground and smashes the communion chalice in fury? the a...

Damian Thompson

rood screens by richard hayman, shire books, 64pp, £7.99 rood screens? surely you can’t write a whole book about them – and, if you do, sure...

Harry Mount

the stopping places by damian le bas, chatto and windus, 320pp, £15 where have they all gone? well might you ask. there was a time when the ...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

who are you? what is your name? is a work of controlled fury. it opens with an account of the chaos triggered by president trump’s executive...

Michael Duggan

let’ s see if i can relate a few unrelated things in my accustomed, exiguous weekly 400 words. first, a couple of weeks ago, i wrote about t...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf