Columns

could the vatican, under pius xii, have done more to condemn and prevent nazi atrocities, especially the holocaust? that question has been t...

Niall Gooch

fr ian ker turned 80 at the end of august. in the course of a celebratory dinner at the oxford & cambridge club, he was presented with a...

Paul Shrimpton

last week, the irish human rights and equality commission (ihrec) announced its submission on the general scheme of the health (termination ...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

douglas urbanski knows what a good film looks like, because he’s made lots of them: tinker, tailor, soldier, spy; darkest hour;the social ne...

Gertrude Clarke

an wilson’s confessions is subtitled “a life of failed promises”, which is a little harsh for one of the most consistently lively and entert...

Melanie McDonagh

there is a crisis of catholic identity in america. the torch of catholic leadership is now in different hands than a generation ago. while a...

William Cash

when guests came to visit me during my noviciate at blackfriars in cambridge, a trip to ely cathedral was a failsafe and inexpensive trip ou...

Albert Robertson OP

imagining the end of time is never a productive exercise but a temptation that attracts us all – including young composers like the noted to...

Michael White

europe is facing a major split, with the more nationalist, conservative and largely catholic central and eastern eu states increasingly goin...

The Catholic Herald

the united states experienced a legal and political earthquake on 24 th june, when the supreme court handed down its judgment and opinion in...

Ken Craycraft