Europe

Samurai Takayama: should he become Japan's first samurai saint, or was he more sinner?

the mysterious vetting process takes at least five years and is one of the catholic church's best kept secrets. but, somewhere in the vatica...

Death and dishonour in the Docklands

housed inside an old georgian sugar warehouse, the museum of london docklands serves as a salutary reminder of the power and ambition of the...

The unshakable Catholic Faith of Ethel Kennedy – through all of it

“introspection, i hate it,” was the watchword of ethel kennedy, the widow of robert f.  kennedy, who spent her life looking forward and...

Four German bishops opt out of controversial ‘Synodal Council’

amid an ongoing back and forth between the vatican and the german bishops conference over a controversial new ecclesial body, four of the na...

View of a century: Cardinal Dolan speaks to the Herald about his good friend Henry Kissinger

few of those present on the dais at the alfred e smith memorial foundation dinner last autumn will forget the sight of the archbishop of new...

Nativity painting of UK 'national importance' becomes High Renaissance ‘Christmas gift’ for Belfast

on hearing in 1929 that his native city of belfast had just built an art gallery but had no paintings to fill it the painter sir john lavery...

The realignment continues

it was nearly 30 years ago when cardinal basil hume acknowledged almost excitedly that a realignment was taking place within english christi...

Pope Francis responding well to treatment but not out of woods yet, say papal doctors

rome – having spent three weeks in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia, pope francis continues to be in stable condition and is r...

Go woke, go broke: why Irish Church’s liberal turn should be treated with caution

hot on the heels of the catholic church’s liberal drift in germany , it seems the catholic church in ireland – once the defining feature of ...

The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis encourages Fr James Martin SJ

pope francis writes a note to a pilgrim at the vatican on 6 july 2016. (gabriel bouys/afp via getty images)   pope francis has written ...