Catholic Church

at the end of last month a three-day workshop was held in the vatican on the sombre topic of “biological extinction”. the event was jointly ...

Dennis Sewell

as citizens of late modern life, we seek to avoid boredom. we alleviate the stillness of a quiet moment by turning to our smartphones. we de...

Timothy O'Malley

a catholic mp, carol monaghan, appeared at a committee meeting on ash wednesday with a cross on her forehead. she had, of course, been to ma...

Ann Widdecombe

the third sunday of lent ex 17:3-7; ps 95; rom 5:1-2, 5-8; jn 4:5-42 recently, i read an article about benedict xvi’s visit to britain in se...

Bishop Philip Egan

is there a surer sign that a middle-aged man has morphed into a fogey than the sight of him shouting at the television? sunday evening is wh...

Colin Brazier

ireland has been in a state of turmoil following the discovery of nearly 800 infant remains in a mass grave at tuam, county galway. the babi...

Mary Kenny

why i stand by my book hitler’s pope sir – in his article on pius xii (cover story, march 10), fr leo chamberlain comments that my book hitl...

The Catholic Herald

icíar bollaín and paul laverty, a tight-knit duo with close links to ken loach, respectively direct and write the screenplay of the olive tr...

Miguel Cullen

there’s quite a lot wrong with broadchurch (itv, mondays 9pm), the whodunnit set in a village of the damned on the english coast. it’s a vil...

Tim Stanley

assassination of a saint by matt eisenbrandt, university of california, £18.99 he was born on the feast of the assumption, august 15, 1917 –...

Julian Filochowski