Catholic News

Love in a cruel climate

the street children of manila have been failed by their families and rejected by society – but when pope francis paid a visit, they became o...

Number of Salford parishes to be halved

salford diocese has announced plans to cut the number of parishes from 150 to 75. the proposal was made in a report issued by bishop jo...

Catholic Herald View

Cinema chains reject ‘offensive’ Our Father advert

an advertisement by the church of england that features the lord’s prayer will not be shown in three major cinema chains because of fea...

Catholic Herald View

Damian Thompson: Can a great composer revive a tone-deaf Church?

both the high and the low points of my week were catholic. i experienced the high point watching bbc iplayer on my computer, slumped on the ...

Saint of the week St Vincent de Paul (September 27)

a bright child perhaps no one else in history has done more to serve the poor than st vincent de paul. he is venerated by both the catholic ...

Last year’s synod was a real scream

the rigging of a vatican synod? by edward pentin, ignatius pentin, £11.86   the story of last october’s synod is well known, but edward...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Cinema and Television

prepare for a breakneck ride round the piazza cinema palio cert 12a, 91 mins  ★★★★☆ each year siena’s piazza del campo hosts a pair of ...

Mary Kenny: Jackie Collins wasn’t weird

it is a source of great fascination to me that almost every value that was commonly upheld in my youth has been overturned – and many values...

Vatican Feature: John Hooper

vatican reporters need a rat-like cunning if you want to join the ‘vat pack’ you must endure long periods of news starvation but be ready to...

Catholic Herald View

FAMILY SYNOD: Cardinal Wilfrid Napier

don’t try to pigeonhole the synod fathers you won’t be able to understand what happens at next month’s gathering if you insist on labelling ...