Columns

Harrison Butker remains firm on value of motherhood in face of media pressure

the kansas city chiefs’ star kicker continues to be quizzed by sections of the us media over comments he made earlier this year during a may...
James Jeffrey

EDITORIAL: It's a reckoning when there is only one seminarian for the whole of Dublin

the maxim that the sins of the fathers are visited on the sons is true in a particularly grim sense in ireland where, in the archdiocese of ...
The Catholic Herald

EDITORIAL: Law and disorder; the Christian response to the UK riots

english bishops have condemned the outbreak of mob violence against asylum seekers and refugees as well as immigrant communities. the bishop...
The Catholic Herald

Refreshingly honest account of Queen Victoria: from foibles and failings to her sense of duty and religious leanings

queen victoria and her prime ministers: a personal history anne somerset william collins, £30, 630 pages for two-thirds of the last two cent...
Fr Mark Vickers

Could Senator Mark Kelly’s Catholic conscience deter him from becoming Kamala Harris' running mate?

arizona senator mark kelly has emerged as one of the leading candidates to be vice president kamala harris’ running mate for the democratic ...
James Jeffrey

New ‘God’s Gang’ cartoon tries hard to explore interfaith dialogue and relations – but fails

superheroes, evil aliens, trippy plotlines, comic disproportion, a farting planet. the new cartoon series god’s gang has all the trappings o...
KateBanks

Catholic philosopher René Girard could shape US politics now JD Vance on Republican ticket

jd vance is not a big fan of the political left, despite his humble background. in the view of the catholic politician that everyone is now ...
Mark Jenkins

Why the Book of Jonah is full of enigma, by Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM

there are many biblical books that fascinate me, from both the old and the new testaments. reading genesis, exodus and the psalms always mov...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM

Preaching a Gospel of conversion and repentance

"and if any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off the dust from under your feet as a sig...
Fr David Howell

Keir Starmer is not a slacker for wanting a break from work – it’s a healthy part of human nature

the saying goes that all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. so perhaps keir starmer hoped to ditch his nickname of mr boring earlier th...
Portia Berry-Kilby