Catholic News

Meanwhile: Why Ann Widdecombe wasn't posted to Rome

in 2010, the former tory minister (and now catholic herald columnist) ann widdecombe was offered a new job: david cameron asked he...

The best of the web: America's African priests, a new religion, and leaving Orthodoxy

how african vocations are helping america at quartz africa , lekan oguntoyinbo reported on “a growing trend in the catholic church in americ...

Overlooked: Indian priests defy cardinal

what happened? the divisions among india’s syro-malabar priests have been laid bare, after cardinal george alencherry, the leader of the syr...

First impressions can be misleading. Just ask St Alexius

on the heights of rome’s aventine hill, between the basilica churches of sant’anselmo and santa sabina and near to the gated grounds of the ...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

An old-fashioned whodunit – without the class and wit

mystery fans will recall their favourite husband and wife teams: tommy and tuppence, lord peter and harriet, and, especially from film, nick...

Letters & emails

the newman cause’s forgotten heroes sir – the debt of gratitude owed to fr gregory winterton cong orat and mgr dr francis davis in thei...

The Catholic Herald

How the Israel Folau case is dividing Australia – and the Church

not a day passes in australia without hearing the latest in the saga of israel folau, the sporting superstar sacked by rugby australia (ra) ...

It's no accident that California attacked the sacrament of forgiveness

the president of the united states has never asked god for forgiveness . our social media mobs never grant it. america seems to have given u...

Matthew Schmitz

Pope sends mixed message to divided German Church

in march, cardinal reinhard marx announced that the german bishops had agreed to embark on a “binding synodal process” that would address th...

Anian Christoph Wimmer

Why Pope Francis swiftly approved Fulton Sheen's beatification

the big news from the congregation for the causes of saints this past week was, of course, that pope francis has approved a miracle attribut...

Christopher R. Altieri