Catholic News

Why did our secular elites refuse to call the Sri Lanka martyrs Christians?

many were surprised by the arm’s length way in which many politicians described catholic martyrs in the sri lanka bombings. yet as william c...
C C Pecknold

Sri Lanka Easter attacks draw international condemnation

religious and civil leaders have responded with condolences, prayer, and calls for justice after several explosions at churches and hotels i...
Catholic News Agency

Easter brings a 'new world,' Pope Francis says in Urbi et Orbi

christ’s resurrection ushers in a new world – one of peace, love, and fraternity, pope francis said on easter sunday, as he prayed for the m...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Sri Lanka Easter church and hotel bombings kill at least 100

at least 100 people were killed in explosions easter morning, detonated in churches and hotels across sri lanka. hundreds more are reportedl...
Catholic News Agency

Holy Week terrorism suspect arrested

authorities from spain and morocco have arrested a 23 year old man in rabat, morocco, who is suspected of planning an attack during holy wee...
Catholic News Agency

And all manner of thing shall be well

we are all, i suspect, familiar with the famous expression from julian of norwich, now an axiom in our language. “in the end all shall be we...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Kraków is a magical city - especially now the stag parties have gone elsewhere

by some sort of miracle kraków, which was poland’s capital city in the middle ages, is immaculately preserved. the nazis’ tanks and bombs ig...
Andrew M Brown

Letters & emails

no excuses for shunning the persecuted sir – john o’sullivan (cover story, april 5) refers to de facto discrimination by some governments ag...
The Catholic Herald

Bunnies, hats and parades: How Easter became a secular festival

the onset of easter – like that of christmas – always brings out a rush of nostalgia in me. but unlike the celebratory customs surrounding t...
Charles Coulombe

What would the Passion sound like? Listen to Liszt's answer

it is in the approach to easter that our church’s musical life becomes richer than at any other time in the liturgical calendar. as jens f l...
David Oldroyd-Bolt