Education

It's time to congratulate Sir Keir - and to pray he works with the churches and not against them

the cardinal, archbishop vincent nicholas, has written to the new prime minister, sir keir starmer, to congratulate him on his election and ...
The Catholic Herald

Catholic 'big beasts' wiped out in Labour landslide

senior catholic cabinet ministers were among the conservative party “big beasts” who lost seats in labour’s landslide general election victo...
Simon Caldwell

A smile from Monteverdi

michael white enjoys the delight of the vespers and a radical reimagining of carmen. to hear monteverdi’s vespers of the blessed virgin is t...
Michael White

Catholicism has a much-needed place in Public Office – but we need to articulate it better

we talk easily about faith and public service: education, medicine, law and order. few catholics would abstain from voting . and yet we have...
Frances Lasok

Going to the polls: a very difficult choice for conscientious Christians

it is of course the case that the outcome of any general election is undecided until it actually happens; the voters could change their mind...
The Catholic Herald

‘Pride’ versus Catholic schools: It's a full-scale assault and is focused on our children

we are living through an intense culture war. the aim is to overwhelm our christian civilisation upon which so much of our human flouri...
Gavin Ashenden

Rome in England, England in Rome: A potted history of the Venerable English College

the problem of securing convenient yet affordable accommodation has confronted visitors to rome since at least the 14th century, when pilgri...
George Young

Oklahoma high court rules against Catholic school ‘evangelising’ with public dollars

oklahoma's supreme court has ruled against what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the us. the high court...
The Catholic Herald

Potential pitfalls of Catholic Parish Summit’s evangelising spirit

if anyone is not familiar with the catholic parish summit, or the catholic ministry “divine renovation” that hosted the event, it was an int...
Heather Tomlinson

Bicentenary of first sermon by one of the greatest preachers in modern times: St John Henry Newman

two hundred years ago, on wednesday 23 june 1824, john henry newman preached his first sermon. not in oxford but seventeen miles north in th...
Paul Shrimpton