Education

Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools

senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new catholic schools. in 2010 the...

Notebook from Lisbon: Dutch courage at World Youth Day

lisbon - the organisers of the world youth day (wyd) events are proud of the unparalleled internationality of their participants. however, t...

Life without crises is barely life at all, Pope Francis tells young people

lisbon –pope francis has met with young people involved in an organisation he established personally in buenos aires, encouraging them to ac...

Elise Ann Allen

Pope in Lisbon calls on youth to be 'teachers of hope'

lisbon – pope francis kicked off the second day of his august 2-6 visit to lisbon meeting with catholic university students, telling them to...

Elise Ann Allen

Gwen John gives room for reflection

gwen john comes into her own at this excellent show at pallant house, finds gertrude clark . gwen john is invariably – and inevitably – desc...

Gertrude Clarke

What World Youth Day means to Australians

this week, many hundreds of thousands of young people have gathered in lisbon, portugal for world youth day. some 3,000 australians are amon...

US Catholic Schools performed better in the pandemic than state schools

despite their high success rate, catholic schools in the us are struggling for funding – and for survival – says jamie macguire . according ...

The Catholic Herald's Leading UK Catholics 2023

every year, the catholic herald draws up a list of prominent catholics in the uk – and every year, the criteria for entry are slightly diffe...

The Catholic Herald

Enoch Burke case: the unanswered questions

irish schoolteacher enoch burke has been ordered to pay costs to wilson’s hospital secondary school after the high court determined that the...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Senior US Catholics gather in Napa Valley for annual conference

leading us catholic think tank the napa institute begins its 13 th  annual conference “what we need now” today at the meritage hotel in...