Education

in these times of consultations and questionnaires, we are constantly asked to reflect on our responses to things. our basic mode of underst...

Bishop Erik Varden

the first communion class met before mass on sunday. nine children, aged between seven and ten, came from families with roots in nigeria, ke...

Camilla Harrison

president-elect donald trump has chosen to appoint catholics to several key cabinet and senior advisory roles. it's led some to claim that a...

Thomas Edwards

pope st gregory the great defined what we know as the seven deadly sins as the “capital sins”. they are capital because they give rise ...

Fr Allan White OP

a former catholic seminary in the north-east of england has won a major conservation award for its work in education. ushaw in county durham...

The Catholic Herald

if there is one woman who has transformed the debate in britain on assisted suicide, it is ilora finlay. when campaigners for it talk about ...

Melanie McDonagh

voter turnout during the 2024 us presidential election indicates that white catholics are increasingly likely to vote for the republican par...

johnlavenburg

imagine the scene: one summer’s evening, a young mother’s peace is shattered when her brother bursts in, pursued by an angry mob. accusing h...

John Pontifex

the first conceptual seeds of george orwell's novel 1984 can be traced back to his essay "london letter", written in 1944, in which he expre...

Thomas Edwards

oliver cromwell is, unequivocally, a modern british hero: in the 2000 bbc poll to find the greatest brit of the past millennium, he came in ...

Ronald Hutton