Education

Nevill Holt Festival: how a Catholic Recusant house has become a new Glyndebourne of the Midlands

instead of sitting in flapping tents in muddy fields, english country houses have become the preferred stage set for many new history and li...

Looking to the example of St Joseph – The purpose of work is not to work

in an address to the christian association of catholic workers in may 1955, pope pius xii established the feast of st joseph the worker, to ...

Another Californian diocese files for bankruptcy due to volume of abuse lawsuits

a sixth california diocese has filed for bankruptcy in the wake of special legislation that eliminated the statute of limitations in cases r...

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...

Interview: Former Catholic Union chairman becomes Lord Mayor of Westminster

councillor robert rigby was elected the new right worshipful lord mayor of westminster following a vote at full council on may 15 th . a pra...

The Catholic Herald

Hundreds gather in Parliament Square to protest against ‘abortion up to birth’ as vote looms

multiple advocacy groups, charities and christians gathered opposite the houses of parliament in london today to protest what could be the m...

A disturbing amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill is a clear threat to the Seal of Confession

parliamentarians can sometimes need watching carefully. the criminal justice bill, where debate is due to start today, is a case in point. w...

Prof Andrew Tettenborn

Priest plunges school into darkness to save children from marauding gunmen

the quick thinking of a headteacher helped save the lives of sleeping students after armed extremists stormed a secondary school in nigeria’...

Diocese was justified in firing gay teacher, rules federal appeals court

new york – in a reversal of a 2021 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that a catholic school in the diocese of charlotte, north car...

Letters to the Editor: Ideologies increasing exponentially and risk replacing God with individualism

false idols sir – when i was young, my widowed mother would gather her children together for prayers at bedtime. she always included this: “...

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