Catholic Church

How the media marginalised Good Friday

i am writing this on maundy thursday. tomorrow is the most solemn day of the christian year, a day which commemorates appalling suffering an...
Ann Widdecombe

The biblical crisis that Benedict resolved

before the ninetieth birthday of pope emeritus benedict xvi on easter sunday, tracey rowland published in these pages an appreciation for wh...
Fr Raymond de Souza

‘The Church’s real heroes are the little people’

i am in the book-lined study of a flat deep in the shadow of westminster cathedral. on the table sits the catholics: the church and its peop...
Michael Duggan

Comments of the week

the irish church is stronger than it seems sir – i find it hard to recognise the very negative picture of the irish church given by jon ande...
The Catholic Herald

Rome’s memories of Peter and Paul come to life

peter and paul are attracting new interest in rome. a multimedia museum, based on a decade of research, restoration work and recent archaeol...
Desmond O'Grady

Saintly reflections saved from history’s bonfire

in god’s hands: the spiritual diaries by pope st john paul ii, william collins, £25 as many will remember, john paul ii’s longtime secretary...
George Weigel

Don’t blame the Frankfurt School

what are they teaching the children? edited by lynda rose, wilberforce, £12 not a day seems to pass these days without a story in the newspa...
Patrick West

A great escape from New Age spirituality

cor jesu sacratissimum by roger buck, angelico press, £17.50 roger buck, a convert to the church after decades-long association with new age...
Jack Carrigan

Omnium Gatherum

the church’s liturgical year proffers rich treasures in its cycles and practices. with easter our alleluias once again ring out. in the...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Lectio Divina

second sunday of easter: john 20:19-31 19 it was late that sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, bec...
Mgr Anthony Abela