Catholic Church

why the lance of longinus is at the centre of a national controversy the armenian apostolic church, part of oriental orthodoxy, was the worl...

Mark Greaves

why do british men wear socks and jackets during the intense heat? after years of sweating through summer parties, i’ve made a breakthrough ...

Harry Mount

for the philosopher ralph mcinerny, 1968 was “the year the church fell apart”. for peter steinfels, it saw the beginning of “the vietnam war...

Stephen Bullivant

regular readers will know that i keep an eye out for anniversaries, and the coincidence of historical dates. the liturgy itself points us th...

Fr Raymond de Souza

brideshead revisited , published in 1945, was evelyn waugh’s first explicitly catholic novel. it lost him, he wrote later, “such esteem” as ...

Allan Massie

the days of the eucharistic congress, adoremus, are going to be a time of special grace for the catholic church in england and wales. i urge...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols

sir alec guinness reminisced in his memoirs about a visit he made to mount st bernard abbey in 1957, a year after his conversion to the cath...

Simon Caldwell

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

we may think that parliament can be a little fractious these days, but we are pale shadows of our tudor forebears. in 1586 job throckmorton,...

Jonathan Wright

the story of britain by roy strong, weidenfeld, 608pp, £30 sir roy strong is known for his reigns at the victoria and albert museum and the ...

Harry Mount