Culture

Cardinal Cupich reinstates activist priest accused of abuse

father michael pfleger, a chicago priest known for his political activism, has been cleared by an archdiocesan review board of charges of ch...

It's Not All the Bitter Boomers' Fault

robyn beck/afp via getty images   i’ve just finished reading boomers, helen andrews’ send-up of her parents’ generation. my parents are...

Human Comedy, and Divine

hugh somerville knapman osb a limerickal commentary on the second vatican council arouca press 2020 reviewed by fr nicholas schofield this s...

Fr Nicholas Schofield

The Poetry of The Mass

cover image: pope francis celebrates mass in the sistine chapel on march 14, 2013 (afp photo/osservatore romano via getty images) &nbsp...

Pope to Jesuits of La Civiltà Cattolica: Row well!

pope francis has invited the journalists of la civiltà cattolica to “row with passion and determination in the barque of peter, like good je...

Sometimes You'll Get Conned

her name was angel, a name that made me think of that verse about entertaining angels. she appeared in the local buy nothing group last nove...

Catholic Herald Magazine – May 2021

leaders back to basics for a better education system defender of the faith the queen's christian example pentecost in the catacombs diary – ...

The Catholic Herald

Habits of prayer

sarah sands’ recent book, the interior silence: 10 lessons from monastic life , was reviewed in these pages last month. elsewhere in the iss...

Serenhedd James

The unseen hook

anyone reporting critically on the papacy, however objective their intent, risks being caught in the crossfire between the liberals and cons...

Stranger than fiction

the adventures of miss barbara pym by paula byrne £25, 704pp, william collins ________ towards the end of paula byrne’s biography of the nov...