Catholic News

Melissa Kite: When politics replaces morality

while i wait for my house sale to go through, i am staying with a friend in the country. he and i have been watching the early days of donal...

Thomas More’s amazing descendants

this week we mark the birthday of st thomas more, who was born in his parents’ home at milk street in london, just a few steps from the guil...

Thomas J Craughwell

The charity world’s free trade U-turn

the universal church has not always been a strong supporter of globalisation and certainly not of free trade. in 1967, for example, pope pau...

Comments of the Week

i respect and appreciate catholic schools sir – i would like to make my position clear in response to concerns about my views on catholic sc...

The Catholic Herald

The age of the trembling upper lip

the history of england: revolution by peter ackroyd, macmillan, £25 the fourth volume of peter ackroyd’s history of england lands with a 400...

Trump keeps ‘extreme’ executive order that bishops say threatens religious freedom

Bishops express disappointment over decision not to revoke executive order issued by Obama

Catholic News Service

Refugee ban forces Iraqi archbishop to cancel visit to the US

Archbishop Warda had been invited by a member of Congress to talk about the persecution of Iraqi Christians

What's inside this week's magazine?

Take a look inside this week's Catholic Herald

What I saw in the megachurches

American Evangelical churches pack in more than 2,000 worshippers every week. Our parishes have much to learn from them

Stephen Bullivant

A light-hearted new Ladybird book reflects society’s view of motherhood

There is a gulf between a Catholic view of motherhood and the way it is portrayed in the media

Francis Phillips