Europe

A Jewish perspective on the Catholic Church's response to the Gaza conflict

amid the plethora of public utterances on the wrongs and rights of israel’s military action in gaza, those of several key vatican officials ...

PeterOppenheimer

Pilgrimage standoff: Assisi v. Santiago de Compostela, which comes out on top?

can one commit pilgrimage “adultery”? in the months of planning leading up to taking a group of catholic herald pilgrims along a portion of ...

Ukraine Catholic leader counts costs of two years of war

in the run-up to the second anniversary of the war in ukraine, one of the country’s most senior catholic leaders has described how the churc...

What the media misses with its cynical take on ‘Gen Z’ embracing traditional Catholicism

since the coining of the term “gen z”, older generations have maintained a steady interest in their habits. observed with fascination, like ...

Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

a collective letter entitled “filial appeal” has gained the signatures of around 90 prominent clergymen, intellectuals and authors around th...

On the Record: Musical choices for heart and soul this Lenten season

candlemas was only just a couple of weeks ago; an early easter this year means that lent is here already. if i were to suggest  miserer...

Alex Hodgkinson

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

rome – pope francis told catholics to carve out a silent space for god amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private as h...

Female diaconate possible according to theologian nun advising Pope

rome – a spanish nun who has participated in recent meetings of pope francis’s top advisory body has said that while women’s priestly ordina...

A Valentine's Day reflection on Terni: the Italian home of Saint Valentine

the catholic herald knows all about where saint valentine comes from. his hometown of terni, about 60 kilometres north of rome, is where we ...

Italy and the Catholic Church still riven by pernicious politics of memory

rome – italy’s february 10 “day of remembrance” is worth giving more consideration to than might seem immediately obvious to the non-italian...