Catholic Church

How 13 cardinals changed the course of history

this time last year the second installment of the synod on the family was unfolding in rome, the conclusion of which was as yet unknown. now...
Fr Raymond de Souza

‘A complete atheist couldn’t write this book’

as unseasonable october sunshine streams through a window high in covent garden, robert harris, the genial and welcoming author of conclave,...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Bach, my violin and God

most classical musicians “don’t do god”, in alistair campbell’s notorious phrase. kyung wha chung is different. ‘‘i have a deep faith,” she ...
Peter Quantrill

Mary Kenny: Hurrah for the village busybody

are villages more poisonous places than towns? conan doyle, author of the sherlock holmes stories, thought the country more wicked than the ...
Mary Kenny

Comments of the Week

why do wars rage after the fatima consecration? sir – donal foley’s fatima thesis is dissonant (feature, october 7). according to mr foley, ...
The Catholic Herald

The Catholic artwork that made me feel at home

winchester college has never had a headmaster famed for flogging. distinction in that regard is contested by westminster and eton: the forme...
Ralph Townsend

Saint of the Week: Teresa of Ávila (October 15)

hating convent life teresa of ávila was born teresa ali fatim corella sanchez de capeda y ahumada in ávila, spain in 1515. her parents’ marr...
Staff Reporter

Pictures of the Week

1 bishop stephen robson of dunkeld has celebrated a thanksgiving mass at st joseph’s convent, dundee, after sister maria sobenna (on the bis...
The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0461

cryptic across 7 one who may have supported livingstone discover a biblical clan (6) 8 god, that chap provides backing for a 70s band! (6) 9...
Alun Evans

Massachussetts transgender bathroom law faces legal challenge

ADF say the new law could force churches to 'violate their core religious beliefs'
Associated Press