Catholic News

Language, symbols and self-understanding

a reporter once asked two men at the construction site where a church was being built what each did for a living. the first man replied: “i’...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

What our prisons say about us

winston churchill said that “the mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailin...

Letters & emails

letter of the week a saint's plea to a young shakespeare sir – joseph pearce (arts, may 10) writes of the jesuit martyr st robert southwell ...

The Catholic Herald

We're rubbish at saving food

i am ashamed of a process that i go through every weekend, as i put out the sunday night rubbish bins to be emptied on monday mornings. what...

The new abuse law is the biggest reform since 2001

pope francis has long argued that a thoroughgoing response to sexual abuse requires a conversion of heart and of ecclesial culture, rather t...

Fr Raymond de Souza

How Britain failed Asia Bibi

at last, asia bibi is free. six months after her acquittal on a trumped-up charge of blasphemy, the pakistani government has confirmed that ...

Church officials disagree over the EU's future

as voters across europe prepare to elect a new european parliament, bishops have urged continued support for the european union against a cu...

Jonathan Luxmoore

The proof of the pudding is in Buffalo

an interesting question in the wake of pope francis’s reform of reporting law and bishop accountability measures is: who will be first? in t...

Christopher R. Altieri

Will the new abuse law work in practice?

pope francis introduced reform legislation last week requiring all clerics and religious – men and women – to report abuse, cover-up, or sus...

Christopher R. Altieri

World News: from Buenos Aires to Bhopal

philadelphia pro-lifers rally after ‘shame on you’ videos a series of videos by a pennsylvania politician has prompted more than 1,000 pro-l...