Culture

as america celebrates july 4th, a noble and independent religious order is expanding its influence and membership in the us  when the h...

The Catholic Herald

in a time of increasing isolation, conflicts and fragmentation - within society, and within the heart of man –  what does the worl...

Anita Boniface

hm the king, with dr kadiatu kanneh mason (left) and wigmore hall director john gilhooly (right), presenting royal philharmonic society hono...

Fr Christopher Colven

it’s my decision – or is it? this month, i’ve decided to write about free will. i could have chosen to write about other topics, and if you ...

Fr Robert Verrill OP

mark the calendar: i have been to cambridge, having taken up a kind invitation from piers brendon, one of our reviewers, to have lunch with ...

Serenhedd James

the new head of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith is an argentine archbishop who wrote a book advising couples to kiss during sexu...

Simon Caldwell

stephen le la bédoyère remembers his father michael, who edited the catholic herald between 1934 and 1962, on the 50th anniversary of his de...

Steve de la Bedoyere

william byrd died 400 years ago this month. various commemorative events and services are accordingly taking place, including in lincoln, th...

Gavin Plumley

the bad news emerged on thursday. wreckage was found, two miles down in the atlantic ocean, close to the wreck of the titanic , which all bu...

Niall Gooch

as usual, shakespeare nails it. three allusions in a dozen words. “as flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods, they kill us for th...

Gavin Ashenden