Catholic Church

The Pope’s ghostwriter

when one thinks of argentine catholicism, one unanswered question emerges: who among the local church figures is the closest to pope francis...

Jose Maria Poirier

Our broken world needs the Cross

the fourth sunday of lent 1 sm 16:1, 6-7, 10-13; ps 23; eph 5:8-14; jn 9:1-41 we have now reached the mid-point of lent and many of us will ...

Bishop Robert Byrne

Mary Kenny: Why I’ll be belting out Vera Lynn

how cheering to see the white cliffs of dover lit up with the image of dame vera lynn, to mark her 100th birthday. in her honour, i went and...

Comments of the Week

the novelist horrified by the english mass sir – canon david cotter (letter, march 17) queries my account of jf powers’s decision to sit out...

The Catholic Herald

Taylor Swift’s psalms show me how to love God

there is no trope more present in pop music than the kiss. and in fact my vocational journey to the jesuits started with a kiss. it was a su...

David Inczauskis SJ

Should 21st-century Christians live like monks?

the benedict option by rod dreher, sentinel, £20 this is the age of the new low. the benedict option is the latest in a string of books comi...

Omnium Gatherum

‘god this week brings us to the feast of the annunciation on march 25. while it is a marian moment in the church’s calendar, it is truly a f...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Pictures of the week

1 the parish of our lady of the rosary and st patrick in walthamstow, east london, receives the livesimply award. stella creasy mp, centre, ...

The Catholic Herald

March 26 to April 1

cardinal nichols (westminster) tue: ccee symposium ‘barcelona’ 17 (day 1), 9.00am. opening session of the ccee symposium ‘barcelona’ 17, 4.3...

The Catholic Herald

Westminster attack: Pope Francis 'assures Britain of his prayers'

In a message the Pope said he invoked 'divine strength and peace' upon families who were grieving