Catholic Church

as one catholic commentator put it last week, “it had to happen sooner or later, and now it has.” the “it” was a call by an islamic leader i...

Madeleine Teahan

‘this will be an election that will go down in the history books for the evangelicals, for the christians, for everybody of religion,’’ said...

Freddy Gray

in america, the sister ordinariate of the chair of saint peter is rapidly establishing itself as an active and growing part of the church. w...

Ed Condon

the personal ordinariate of our lady of walsingham is a canonical structure for ex-anglican clergy and lay people who have been granted – by...

Damian Thompson

they all laughed at columbus when he said the world was round, they all laughed when edison recorded sound. ira gershwin professor rodney st...

Michael Duggan

last week saw the long-awaited nomination by pope francis of a head for the vatican dicastery for laity, family and life. irish-born bishop ...

Fr Mark Drew

for the jesuits of zaragoza, 1555 was a challenging year. according to one chronicler, the “religious orders in the city ... gathered togeth...

Jonathan Wright

build bridges with muslims – but be honest sir – i suggest that robert pellegrinetti think more critically about islam (letter, august 12). ...

The Catholic Herald

liberating the gospel by david smith (dlt, £12.99) . the author, a former minister of eden chapel, cambridge, now lectures in divinity at ab...

Staff writers

the huntingfield paintress by pamela holmes, urbane publications, £9 reading this novel sent me off to the depths of rural suffolk, to the v...

AN Wilson