Europe

The Scoles family: a Catholic architectural dynasty

joseph john scoles (1798-1863) was born in london, the son of a catholic joiner. he was educated at baddesley green and in 1812 apprenticed ...
Michael Hodges

Poulenc’s glorious surrealism

that the composer francis poulenc was devoutly catholic is signalled by his output of choral works so fervent they force you to your knees: ...
Michael White

Review: 'Heaven on Earth' by Emma J Wells

when guests came to visit me during my noviciate at blackfriars in cambridge, a trip to ely cathedral was a failsafe and inexpensive trip ou...
Albert Robertson OP

Put not your trust in Princes, Merely Catholic with Peter Hitchens

giorgia meloni has stunned the liberal west by her election as prime minister of italy after openly espousing the values of traditional marr...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Müller challenges Pope Francis: no authority to change teaching of Church

in an interview with infovaticana , german prelate, cardinal gerhard ludwig müller, the former prefect of the congregation for the doctrine ...
The Catholic Herald

Giorgia Meloni, who has not “always understood” Pope Francis, to become Italian PM

you would think pope francis – a progressive who believes in female empowerment – would be delighted that giorgia meloni is set to become th...
The Catholic Herald

Finding God through imagery

when graham sutherland (1903-1980) was asked by his fellow painter john caxton whether his “paintings were made of two facets, flesh and bon...
Daniel Frampton

Celebrating duty and service

it was an extraordinary 10 days of national mourning to mark the death of hrh queen elizabeth ii, not only for the pomp and ceremony but for...
Laura Perrins

Synodal Path: was schism groundwork laid fifty years ago?

the recent assembly of the german synodal path may have finally put the german church on the path toward schism, building on a legacy from t...
The Catholic Herald

Religious violence comes to England

communalist violence is erupting in england, more specifically the english city of leicester in the midlands, one of the most racially diver...
The Catholic Herald