Catholic News

Big story: Bishops disagree over centrality of abortion

what happened?   a debate over abortion has split the us bishops’ conference, with church leaders disagreeing over its relative importa...

Letters: William Oddie guided me to Rome

william oddie helped me on my path to rome sir – your insightful and moving obituary (november 15) of the former catholic herald editor dr w...

The Catholic Herald

The sweet, neglected pastures of Latin

long live latin by nicola gardini, profile, 256pp, £14.99/$26 is latin still alive? yes, there are some intellectuals like benedict xvi who ...

Giving baddies a good send-off

enough doom and gloom, says billy connolly, quoted in the london evening standard: he thinks the news needs cheering up. “move obituaries fr...

Prize crossword 0619

cryptic across 3 two boys read quietly in school a letter from paul (11) 7 fool little boy to come to a valley near jerusalem (6) 8 it’s him...

Britain's angriest Quaker

the controversial historian david starkey was raised in a quaker family and, although he is no longer a believer, i think that quaker backgr...

William Oddie: Dynamic, passionate and provocative

the recent death of william oddie will be sad news for his many friends and former colleagues. a large personality in catholic journalistic ...

Francis Phillips

Saints, authors and prime ministers: The dramatic story of Japanese Catholicism

after his apostolic visit to thailand later this month, pope francis will move on to japan, a land of saints and martyrs, but also a country...

The best drink I've had all year is a Stella

a new all-women’s club, allbright, is doing fantastically well in its branches in mayfair and fitzrovia. so well, in fact, that it’s opened ...

Ethiopia's churches are being targeted – and no one is quite sure why

an outbreak of violence in ethiopia at the end of october has manifested a worrying new trend in one of the world’s most religious countries...