Europe

Seeing Spain's history through art

incomparable realms: spain during the golden age, 1500-1700 jeremy robbins reaktion books, £25, 464 pages spain’s golden age spanned the rei...
William Davage

An historical study worth waiting for

a biographical dictionary of english architecture, 1540-1640 mark girouard yale, £40, 372 pages mark girouard, born a catholic in 1937, is t...
Michael Hodges

The touching absurdity of beliefs

accidental gods: on men unwittingly turned divine anna della subin granta, £20, 462 pages in rudyard kipling’s short story the man who would...
Alexander Larman

Cardinal Parolin: has Francis’s ally dashed his chances of becoming Pope?

the battle for the next pope may be shaping up to be a contest between a filipino and a hungarian , but vatican secretary of state, pietro p...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Tagle in UK: was potential pope’s liberal message a sign for future?

filipino cardinal luis antonio tagle - fast-emerging as a frontrunner to succeed pope francis , as rumours grow about a looming papal resign...
The Catholic Herald

Anscombe leads calls for 'Charlie's Law' after death of Archie Battersbee

an internationally-respected catholic bioethics centre has called for urgent reforms of uk law after doctors ended the life of a brain-damag...
Simon Caldwell

Erdő vs. Tagle: the battle to be the next Pope

as speculation grows about the potential resignation of pope francis, whoever the next pope is will say a great deal about the direction of ...
Staff Reporter

Pope could meet head of Russian Church in major diplomatic moment

pope francis is set to make his 38th apostolic journey to kazakhstan in september for the vii congress of leaders of world and traditional r...
The Catholic Herald

Door is open: Pope resignation rumours grow as he repeats phrase on future

the rumour mill surrounding pope francis’ future will hardly have been calmed as the pontiff returned from his “pilgrimage of penance” to ca...
The Catholic Herald

Immigration cannot save Catholic Church in the West

the catholic church in the anglosphere and western europe is in no small part today being propped up by immigration, but this is not a long-...
The Catholic Herald