Culture

Navigating the unchristian options of the EU elections

stepping into the voting booth this upcoming round of eu elections occurring 6-9 june, one is not faced with an easy choice. even parties th...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

It's time Pope Francis learned the dangers of careless talk

the pope is christ’s vicar on earth, the spiritual head of the church. but this pope can also be humanly indiscreet and imprudent. francis h...

The Catholic Herald

National Service proposal is a sad sign of our times that is unfair on the young and anti-Catholic in nature

with the uk's election campaign underway after the announcement by the prime minister of a 4 july date for voting, the proposal by the torie...

Pilgrimage to Chartres: Tens of thousands travel to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass

over the recent whitsun weekend i, along with more than 20,000 other pilgrims, descended upon the city of chartres, in a walking pilgrimage ...

'Dark day' for Pakistan's Christians after mob attack

mumbai – a may 25 attack on christians in north-central pakistan by an enraged muslim mob, accusing a christian man of having defaced the qu...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

Hidden Faces at the Met: what the other side of the picture reveals

a friend working at the metropolitan museum in manhattan said recently that she had been instructed never to mention religion – an astoundin...

Pope Francis's latest book: reflections on history and moments of clarity

just over three years ago i wrote a piece for the herald called “ the battle of the papal biographers ” (march 2021). in it i noted that sin...

Serenhedd James

The Acts of the Spirit: A dramatic sequel to the Gospels, with St Stephen to the fore

throughout the easter season we read large chunks of the acts of the apostles, and this month we celebrate two of the events related therein...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Bach’s Mass in B Minor highlights how the great composer wove a ‘potent, steadfast faith' into his music

the "k" of the first kyrie shot straight down the middle of yale university’s impressive woolsey hall like a burning arrow; a foretaste of t...

Alex Hodgkinson

A surfeit of minor keys this Easter

michael white enjoys two requiems, a stabat mater and two outstanding premieres . musically, the journey through holy week to easter is a sl...