Catholic News

Why I’m now convinced Shakespeare was a Catholic

interviewing the writer joseph pearce for one of the herald’s recent merely catholic podcasts has opened up a whole new world for me. i foun...

Let us prepare to rediscover the value of waiting this Advent

was it easier once upon a time? did people in the past have more time for god? were they more naturally attuned to what god was saying to th...

Fr Mark Vickers

A solution to problems faced by the Order of Malta?

i humbly entreat thee through the intercession of the most holy virgin of philermo, of st john the baptist, blessed gerard and all the saint...

Father Anonymous

Church needs encyclical to counter gender ideology, says Dutch cardinal

a dutch cardinal has asked pope francis for a papal encyclical to combat the false anthropology at the heart of the ideology of gender. card...

Growing extremism and intolerant nationalism are to blame for increased persecution of Christians, says new report by Catholic charity

john pontifex explores why acn's new report - persecuted and forgotten? a report on christians oppressed for their faith 2020-22 - should be...

The prejudices that show abortionists don't want 'choice' - but simply more abortions

the leftwing website fivethirtyeight has reported a decrease in the numbers of abortions in the united states since the us supreme court dec...

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Writers and Journalists

robin aitken journalist and author robin aitken was a journalist at the bbc for over 25 years. in 2007, he wrote the book can we trust the b...

The Catholic Herald

Death and dishonour in Docklands

luke sheridan enjoys a well-executed exhibition housed inside an old georgian sugar warehouse, the museum of london docklands serves as a sa...

In Defence of the Seal

confidence in the confessional is vital, says fr gary dench on 20   october 2022 the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa...

Catholic schools outperform rivals, says US Government report

fresh data from the us government’s  national assessment of educational progress  has demonstrated the impact of covid-19 on schoo...