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Dr Michael Nazir-Ali is ordained as a Catholic priest by Cardinal Nichols

the ordination of dr michael nazir-ali, the former anglican bishop of rochester, as a priest of the ordinariate of our lady of walsingham to...

Catholic Herald Party

the doors of sir rocco forte’s brown’s hotel in mayfair were flung open wide for the great and the good of the catholic world last tuesday f...

The Catholic Herald

Abuse survivor receives payout after she was 're-traumatised' by slurs in complaints process

a woman abused by a priest as a teenager has become the first person to receive a pay-out over treatment she received from the church follow...

A hymn to English church music

evensong: people, discoveries and reflections on the church in england by richard morris weidenfeld & nicolson, £25, 336 pages if you st...

Diary: Petronella Wyatt on carrying her inner child

sometimes i think that god is very far away. i recall that the protestant martyr anne askew said, quoting christ, that he saw ever...

Petronella Wyatt

The coming King

in november, we reach the end of the church’s liturgical year, and the readings direct our minds towards the end of all things. traditionall...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Street-art salvation

if you go to positivenote.co.uk , you can watch david tovey and mitchel ceney painting together to the soundtrack of bach’s mass in b minor....

Olenka Hamilton

The secret army of Catholics in Hollywood

recently, in anticipation of seeing no time to die (2021) in the cinema, i re-watched all daniel craig’s james bond films. ten-odd hours of ...

Stars and bars

the 25 november marks the 21st anniversary of the “night under the stars” gala concert for the passage. this year, the evening at the royal ...

A fair attempt but could do better

between form and faith: graham greene and the catholic novel by martyn sampson fordham university press, £26.99, 304 pages graham greene rem...