Education

Women priests activists disrupt papal Mass

brussels – pope francis closed his visit to belgium on sunday with the beatification of spanish nun and missionary anne of jesus, telling ca...
Elise Allen

'Don't place limits on pursuit of truth', Pope tells university professors

brussels – pope francis has told university professors in brussels that institutes of higher education must be inclusive amid diversity and ...
Elise Allen

Optimism among Irish Catholic Church that vocations may be rising

hope is being expressed among irish church circles that vocations to the priesthood may be increasing after a long decline given an encourag...
DeclanMcSweeney

Downside leading the Catholic private school response to Labour’s VAT raid

downside school is leading the charge against sir keir starmer's plan to impose vat on private school fees. the policy, set to take effect i...
Thomas Edwards

Obituary: Ben Thapa, 1982-2024

the tenor ben thapa, who died on 8 september at the early age of 42, found fame as a core member of the pop-opera group g4, which came to pr...
The Catholic Herald

All faiths lead to God: New controversy as Pope preaches religious pluralism on final day of tour

singapore – pope francis on friday wrapped up a three-day visit to singapore by declaring that “all religions are a path to god”. “they are ...
The Catholic Herald

Shock in Ireland as inquiry reveals scale of new child sexual abuse cases at Catholic religious schools

ireland’s catholic church and wider society are in shock following revelations on 3 september that an inquiry has uncovered significant numb...
DeclanMcSweeney

Pope visits famous mosque designed by a Christian; discusses how all religions 'walk in search of God'

jakarta – pope francis visited the city’s famed istiqlal mosque on 5 september during the main event of his three-day visit to the capital c...
Elise Ann Allen

New leadership announced at top Catholic schools: Ampleforth and Moor Park

ampleforth college, the benedictine boarding school often dubbed "the catholic eton", has announced that peter roberts will step down as hea...
Thomas Edwards

We should look for ways to treat coma patients - not reasons to kill them

the rev. dr patrick pullicino , a former nhs consultant neurologist who is now a priest, challenges the 'prolonged disorder of consciousness...
The Catholic Herald