Culture

Summer reads recommended by the Catholic Herald (Part 1)

it’s that time of year again, hence we asked a number of the herald’s friends and contributors to share with readers those books, whether ol...
The Catholic Herald

Taking stock of the UK riots: Catholicism and the crisis of Anglo-Celtic identity

anti-immigrant riots in the united kingdom. election hysteria in the united states. both are symptoms of a crisis of anglo-celtic identity, ...
John Milbank

Rise of AI is ‘evangelical moment’ for Catholicism: a time to endorse and resist

an expert in the realm of artificial intelligence describes the increasing prominence of ai an “evangelical moment” for catholicism, in whic...
johnlavenburg

Songs of Praise: when it comes to prayer, the Psalms provide something for everyone

the idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. they have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see no...
Fra Max Rumney

Sunday's Gospel: Jesus is the living bread, come down from heaven

anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that i shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world. (john 6:51) it is har...
Fr David Howell

Don’t despair at Last Supper parody: Paris still has a beating heart of faith

it’s hard to stand up in front of a sunday mass congregation and announce that in the coming week you’re going on pilgrimage to paris (and t...
Albert Robertson OP

Christianity takes another blow from trans ideology at Olympics – this time literally to the head – in female boxing

when the french bishops conference responded to the shock of the last supper parody during the opening ceremony of the olympic games they at...
James Jeffrey

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

How Simone Weil became a 'slave' of Christ

"i was alone,” simone weil wrote. “it was evening and there was a full moon over the sea.” in august 1935, weil was in a small portuguese vi...
Nick Ripatrazone

‘Give me a break’: Bishop Barron calls out apology by Olympics' committee as disingenuous

prominent us catholic cleric bishop robert barron along with other catholic leaders and commentators say the attempt by the organising commi...
Elise Allen