Chapter House

Former Labour PM Gordon Brown urges MPs to throw out assisted suicide Bill

gordon brown, the former labour prime minister, has come out strongly against assisted suicide just a week before a crucial vote in the hous...
Simon Caldwell

Former seminary wins major national award for education

a former catholic seminary in the north-east of england has won a major conservation award for its work in education. ushaw in county durham...
The Catholic Herald

EDITORIAL: Time to rally and oppose the advancing culture of death

at the end of this month, on 29 november, mps will debate kim leadbeater’s “choice at the end of life” bill to allow assisted suicide for th...
The Catholic Herald

Steering the spiritual ship: our outgoing editor reviews 140 years of the Catholic Herald

this year marks the 140th anniversary of the catholic herald ’s origins as a newspaper. when the herald was founded by editor charles diamon...
William Cash

Be compassionate: Assisted suicide statement of bishops of England, Wales and Scotland in full

as catholic bishops in england and wales, and in scotland, we believe that genuine compassion is under threat because of the attempts in par...
The Catholic Herald

Contact your local MP over assisted suicide bill, plead bishops of Lancaster and East Anglia in pastoral letters

episcopal pastoral letters against a proposed bill to legalise assisted suicide in the uk, set to be read in parliament on 29 november, keep...
Tom Colsy

EDITORIAL: Trump triumphs and returns to the White House with a Catholic vice president

the us election has turned out to be not quite as close-run as the pundits and the pollsters predicted. the results are in, and they are dec...
The Catholic Herald

Letter from the Editor: good news, bad news and everything in between

much has happened since the catholic herald last landed on doormats. i travelled to new york in early october and did not expect to return t...
Serenhedd James

Labour MP goes public to warn assisted dying would 'shift' NHS role from ‘protector of life’ to ‘enabler of death’

the labour member of parliament for north northumberland has gone public with his views on the risks posed by assisted suicide becoming ensh...
The Catholic Herald

A blessing and a curse? The legacy of the Catholic public school in England

educating in faith: a history of the english catholic public school mark cleary, sacristy press, 256 pages, £19.99 the cover of mark cleary’...
Serenhedd James