Catholic News

Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/03/19

cardinal stanisław dziwisz has defended st john paul ii’s handling of abuse cases ( full statement ). a capuchin superior has been killed in...

The fine line between fasting and dieting

if you are one of those radio listeners who find the bbc’s today programme boring, there is always nick ferrari’s lbc phone-in show in the m...

Prize crossword 0585

cryptic across 5 african country where a carp repelled an intrusive horse (5) 6 descendant of ephraim’s incitement to wavering liverpool fan...

Keep Fridays meat-free – but alligator is fine

last week i concluded with the latin adage, plenus venter non studet libenter (“a full stomach doesn’t willingly apply itself to study”). re...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Letters & emails

francis was quite clear on 'diversity' sir – the comments made by pope francis in his dubai statement about god willing a diversity of relig...

The Catholic Herald

'ISIS brides' weren't brainwashed. Just ask their victims

less than a year ago i stood in the ruined old city of mosul, standing next to the mosque where the caliphate had been proclaimed by isis le...

Fr Benedict Kiely

A theological thriller that has stood the test of time

orwell thought that the novel was a protestant art form. this may seem silly, especially when you consider the number of catholic novelists,...

Cardinal Danneels: the man who tried to surf a tsunami

a titan of the european church since the late 1970s, godfried danneels died as a symbol of an exhausted liberal catholicism resuscitated by ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Diary: Guardian angels, Scouse accents and a 12th-century retrochoir

among the bank of menacing clouds hanging over us all at the moment, the rise of anti-semitism is one of the most disturbing. it is only 75 ...

As Poland's Church examines its conscience, a priest's statue is toppled

officials in gdańsk have ordered the removal of a monument to a catholic priest linked to the solidarity movement amid accusations that he w...

Jonathan Luxmoore