Catholic News

The Brothers who would not be moved

with the beatification of the seven trappist monks of tibhirine (and 11 other male and female religious killed during the civil war that rag...

Houston, we have a problem

on november 28, district attorney brett ligon of montgomery county, texas, led the raid on the chancery of cardinal daniel dinardo of housto...

Letters & emails

why st john vianney’s heart matters sir – i can imagine an atheist reader scoffing if he stumbled on michael warren davis’s account of the t...

The Catholic Herald

The leader who signed his own death warrant

in the late autumn of 1921, michael collins, arthur griffith and their team of four others travelled to london to engage in talks with the b...

Last orders? Spain's vanishing monasteries

catholics in spain have voiced alarm at the rapid decline of monastic life in the country, despite reassurances from church leaders. “we are...

Jonathan Luxmoore

The 'gay network' claims which reach far beyond Connecticut

the day after the raid on sante fe, the rector of holy apostles college and seminary in the archdiocese of hartford came forward to discuss ...

Michael Warren Davis

The US Church's $3bn question

on the same day that law enforcement raided the chancery of the archdiocese of galveston-houston, the attorney general of new mexico execute...

Michael Warren Davis

The 'growing anxiety' of Scottish pro-lifers

"when i was growing up,” says james bundy, “i saw scotland as a tolerant country where the vast majority of people feel comfortable to share...

Where now for Catholic Voices?

in december 2009, two friends sat in a pub and sighed about the difficulty of defending the church. austen ivereigh and jack valero had just...

Establishment gossip and splenetic wit: journals for the Christmas market

for 36 years kenneth rose in his sunday telegraph “albany” column chronicled the doings of the establishment. his connections with royalty w...