Catholic News

Half of US Catholics think the Eucharist is only symbolic. How did this happen?

a news item last week reminded me of a story about the writer flannery o’connor. in one of her letters collected in the habit of being she d...
Fr Dwight Longenecker

Diary: The weekend I nearly died of embarrassment

this weekend, i nearly died of embarrassment – literally. i was making my way down to bullslaughter bay, a remote pembrokeshire beach, with ...
Harry Mount

What does the rise of Boris mean for Catholics?

that boris johnson has become the first baptised catholic to occupy 10 downing street might suggest that god has a sharper sense of humour t...
Simon Caldwell

The JPII Institute has been plunged into an identity crisis

whichever view one takes of the changes to the pontifical john paul ii institute for studies on marriage and the family, now styled the pont...
Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Medellín to Medjugorje

salem, oregon governor relaxes assisted suicide safeguard oregon, the first state to introduce assisted suicide, has loosened the rules arou...
Staff writers

The week ahead: Mercy bus, knights' convention, and cakes

the mercy bus is returning to the streets of scotland. the bus, which offers confession and spiritual guidance, has received 400 passengers ...
Staff writers

Overlooked: Vatican sources raise alarm over financial mysteries

what happened? the financial irregularities which cardinal george pell tried to resolve have persisted, according to sources who spoke ...
Staff writers

The big story: Reforms of John Paul II Institute spark protest

what happened? more than 150 students have signed a letter protesting against sweeping changes to the john paul ii institute in ro...
Staff writers

Christopher Koch: A novelist for an age with no answers

the catholic imagination of christopher koch, the australian novelist most remembered for the year of living dangerously (1978),&n...
Karl Schmude

Letters & emails

why we dare to call god ‘father’ sir – steve larkin (charterhouse, july 5) reminds us that fr frederick faber used to speak of our lady as “...
The Catholic Herald