Culture

Why we must recover St Thomas Becket: Catholic England's standard bearer against secular tyranny

in august 2023, one of the foremost newspapers in the united kingdom exhumed an old contention from the dirt after it featured a curious sto...

Warwick Street: Three centuries of Catholic worship in the heart of London

‘came the cardinal,” wrote our correspondent marian curd in 1954, describing the archbishop of westminster’s visit that december to cro...

Serenhedd James

Sigrid Undset: a genius and the greatest Catholic writer you’ve never heard of

norwegian novelist sigrid undset’s nobel prize-winning the master of hestviken could be the greatest work of catholic literature you’ve neve...

Judicial ‘safeguards’ of assisted suicide Bill are worthless, says father of baby abandoned by courts

the father of a baby girl who was allowed to die on the basis of the courts judging it being in her "best interest" has said that the purpor...

The Catholic Herald

More resignations by C of E clergy likely and needed, say Anglican bishop and cabinet minister

additional senior clergy in the church of england may need to follow justin welby's example and resign in the wake of a damning report about...

The Catholic Herald

Rod Dreher's solution to our spiritual and theological crisis is most persuasive one out there

when rod dreher's book the benedict option was published it produced two reactions. the first was from people who were immediately convinced...

We must guard against confusing Christianity with the secular 'cult' of Remembrance Day

across the united kingdom last weekend, catholic churches celebrated mass on remembrance sunday. at the mass i attended, the priest spoke mo...

Anthony McCarthy

Scorsese's candid message to Christians: "Faith and doubt are inseparable."

at the launch of his new television series about the saints, including joan of arc and john the baptist, academy award winning director mart...

Balaclava-clad protestors 'guard' Catholic Church forcing Loyalist march to re-route

a groups of masked protestors "guarded" st. alphonsus catholic church in glasgow on saturday, forcing a loyalist remembrance day march to re...

Diary: by James Stourton, art historian and former Chairman of Sotheby’s UK

marcus binney is one of the unsung heroes of the last 50 years. he has saved more of england’s built heritage than any other person alive. w...