Education

ten years ago, reporting that the vatican had named st luigi scrosoppi as the patron saint of footballers, the catholic herald 's editors no...

FromtheArchives

the poet elizabeth jennings reviews a book of reminiscences about c. s. lewis, whom she heard lecture when a student at st anne's college. t...

FromtheArchives

“i am beginning to take active steps to carry out my oxford dreams,” the dominican fr raphael moss confided to his diary on 26 june 1904. hi...

Rev Dr Richard Finn

a few years ago i returned from the bodleian to find a small parcel in my college pigeon hole, placed there by the senior tutor. it containe...

Serenhedd James

very few secret catholic chapels from the 16th century have been identified in england – fewer, indeed, than the “priest holes’”(properly ca...

Francis Young and Brigitte Webster

when i was a novice, our novice master told us that, while god has promised that the church will endure until the end of time, no such promi...

Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth

it is now 50 years since the 1971 publication of william peter blatty’s bestselling novel the exorcist , inspired by a 1949 case of demonic ...

The Catholic Herald

this is the first of a weekly series from anthony esolen giving his top ten films in different categories. readers are invited to give their...

Anthony Esolen

people rally against "critical race theory" (crt) in schools at the loudon county government center in leesburg, virginia on june 12, 2021. ...

Steven D. Greydanus

cover image: newly appointed svp  director of youth services sarah barber, courtesy of svp   the st vincent de paul society (svp) ...

Staff Reporter