Catholic News

Overlooked: Doctor acquitted in Dutch euthanasia case

what happened? a dutch doctor has been acquitted after slipping a sedative into a patient’s coffee and then giving her a lethal injection. t...
Staff writers

The big story: Pope Francis: 'I'm not afraid of schism'

what happened? pope francis has raised the prospect of schism, telling reporters that it is a constant possibility in the church. answering ...
Staff writers

A schism in the US? What Pope Francis really thinks

it all began with a book. on the papal plane to africa, the french journalist nicolas senèze gave the holy father a copy of his latest work....
The Catholic Herald

Why thousands of children have never heard of the Good Samaritan

once a year, in january, i sit around a table with an eclectic group that includes chris bryant, the labour mp, anna sapir abulafia, profess...
Cristina Odone

What role should the clergy play in a Catholic education?

in david lodge’s 2001 novel thinks, the protagonist helen reed muses on her catholic schooling: “i’m deeply grateful that i had a catholic e...
The Catholic Herald

Will Catholic schools resist state pressure on sex education?

in 2007, the government shut down catholic adoption agencies. they didn’t put it like that, of course: they just insisted that, as a result ...
Dan Hitchens

Seeing Rome through the eyes of Oscar Wilde

great cities through travellers' eyes edited by peter furtado thames and hudson, 368pp, £19.99/$29.95 in this commendably ambitious book, th...
The Catholic Herald

Letters: The sick must be anointed in good time

the sick must be anointed in good time sir – melanie mcdonagh’s mother (charterhouse, august 30) is blessed with a priest whose pastoral car...
The Catholic Herald

The Catholic conscience of a noir classic

it’s considered by some as the best film noir ever made – and it is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. the third man, starring orso...
Mary Kenny

Beijing knows it is losing the battle of ideas over Hong Kong

almost exactly a year ago, the holy see and the chinese government signed an agreement on the appointment of bishops designed to “normalise”...
Benedict Rogers