Catholic Church

The Cardinal Müller Report is a must-read for Catholics weary of turbulence in the Church

The cardinal speaks with clarity and firmness. Reading his new book-length interview gave me renewed hope in the Church's mission

Francis Phillips

The outrage at Tim Farron could have serious consequences for Christians in politics

We should all defend Tim Farron from the charges of 'prejudice' and 'intolerance'

Peter D Williams

Widow of Palm Sunday martyr says she forgives ISIS attacker

In an interview on Egyptian television, she said: 'I’m not angry at the one who did this, I am telling him, may God forgive you'

Catholics to become largest group of churchgoers in Scotland

Researcher says that, if trends continue, more Catholics than Presbyterians will be in church on Sunday

Smartphone industry is built on 'the blood of Congolese people', says priest

Anyone who uses modern technology benefits from bloodshed, says Congolese rector

Fatima seers to be declared saints on May 13

The canonisation ceremony will be held exactly 100 years since the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima

Junno Arocho Esteves

Roy Hattersley: 'The Church's real heroes are the little people'

The former deputy Labour leader, a 'hardened atheist', was so intrigued by British Catholics he wrote a 600-page history of them

The biblical crisis that Benedict resolved

Scripture scholars had started to read the Bible as if it were simply a classic text. Benedict XVI helped to change that

Fr Raymond de Souza

India’s tinderbox

christians will long remember palm sunday 2017 as the day that bombers struck two egyptian churches, killing at least 45 people. on holy sat...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   marine le pen ‘angry’ at pope francis what happened? marine le pen has criticised pope francis ahead of the first round of the fren...