Culture

Those who suffer in the cause of 'righteousness': Alexei Navalny’s Christian conversion

the unexpected death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny in mysterious circumstances at a russian penal colony has drawn commen...
The Catholic Herald

Rising from the ashes: Notre Dame comes to Westminster Abbey

on 15 april 2019 the world watched as notre dame de paris burned. after the flèche collapsed and smoke appeared through the louvres of the w...
Serenhedd James

A Jewish perspective on the Catholic Church's response to the Gaza conflict

amid the plethora of public utterances on the wrongs and rights of israel’s military action in gaza, those of several key vatican officials ...
PeterOppenheimer

Understanding Jesus's presence with 'wild beasts' in today's Gospel

"the spirit drove jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by satan. he was with the wild beasts,...
Fr David Howell

NHS end-of-life 'pathway' practises continue despite being banned

the liverpool care pathway (lcp) was abolished in every hospital and hospice in the country just under a decade ago. this end-of-life-care p...
Simon Caldwell

On the Record: Musical choices for heart and soul this Lenten season

candlemas was only just a couple of weeks ago; an early easter this year means that lent is here already. if i were to suggest  miserer...
Alex Hodgkinson

A Valentine's Day reflection on Terni: the Italian home of Saint Valentine

the catholic herald knows all about where saint valentine comes from. his hometown of terni, about 60 kilometres north of rome, is where we ...
James Jeffrey

Italy and the Catholic Church still riven by pernicious politics of memory

rome – italy’s february 10 “day of remembrance” is worth giving more consideration to than might seem immediately obvious to the non-italian...
John L Allen

Gluttony is still with us, but so is the Lenten fast

over a decade ago, conservationists working in the early-medieval st cadoc’s church at llancarfan in south wales painstakingly chipped away ...
Pen Vogler

GMC clears Catholic doctor investigated for 'trying to save patient's life'

the general medical council has cleared an experienced consultant neurologist who was investigated for three years for misconduct after givi...
Simon Caldwell