Catholic News

St Thérèse, Newman and an extraordinary journey into the Church

one day ethel, the wife of alexander james grant, a scottish presbyterian pastor, left a newspaper in her husband’s office. it was a copy of...
The Catholic Herald

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, october 6 : 27th sunday in ordinary time hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4; ps 95; 2 tm 1:6-8, 13-14; lk 17:5-10...
The Catholic Herald

How Ireland became a suburb of Hollywood

richard devane sj by martin walsh messenger publications, 176pp, £23/$24.50 for many irish people nowadays, flicking through the pages of ma...
Michael Duggan

Letters: Catholicism offers a sane alternative to doomsday environmentalism

environmentalism without the angst sir – the recent demonstrations about climate change left me feeling uneasy at the apparent unbalanced an...
The Catholic Herald

To fend off the left, conservatives should look to Poland

poland’s ruling law and justice party is one of the most popular right-leaning parties in the west. it is also one of the most innovative. i...
Matthew Schmitz

World news: from Mexico City to Maputo

grand rapids, michigan adoption agency wins ‘discrimination’ battle a catholic adoption agency has won a court battle against the state of m...
Staff writers

Meanwhile: Saturnos and Kanye

what sort of headgear does a priest need? anything but a saturno, according to pope francis. in an exchange with jesuits in madagascar last ...
Staff writers

Overlooked: Sex education for six-year-olds criticised

what happened? british children aged six are being taught about “self-stimulation” of “private parts”, the mail on sunday has revealed. the ...
Staff writers

A 'post-human priesthood'? What a counsel of despair

the theologian josef pieper says that one of the most common errors afflicting christians is to treat god as though he were “a something” ra...
Fr Dominic Allain

Practical concern for the poor is at the heart of the Mosaic Law

the 26th sunday of the year amos 6:1 & 4-7; 1 tim 6:11-16; lk 16:19-31 (year c) throughout the gospels, and especially in luke’s gospel,...
Bishop David McGough