Holy See

Priestly celibacy has dominated the first half of the synod

the first week of the special assembly of the synod of bishops for the amazon is in the books. by the time this edition reaches newsstands, ...
Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from the Mexican border to Manila

washington, dc little sisters appeal against contraceptive mandate the little sisters of the poor have filed a petition with the supreme cou...
Staff writers

Quotes of the week

"we see so much ambiguity … it would seem many would promote it as a new mark of the catholic church: one, holy, catholic, apostolic and amb...
Staff writers

Meanwhile: Lionel Ritchie at the Vatican

the amazon synod may end on october 27, but for those who can’t get enough of vatican events concerning the region, a christmas concert will...
Staff writers

Duterte's crisis is an opportunity for the Church

the drugs war in the philippines is a “sham”, a bishop declared last week in one of the strongest critiques by a churchman since the conflic...
The Catholic Herald

A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon

dominion by tom holland little, brown, 624pp, £25/$32 the romans are the most “epic” figures in history, as my son says about anything aweso...
Ed West

The anti-Catholic bigot who provoked a spiritual masterpiece

in 1863 john henry newman was sent a copy of an article that attacked his character. it had been written by charles kingsley, the popular no...
The Catholic Herald

The glory and the awkwardness of Newman's first trip to Rome after his conversion

when john henry newman travels to rome as the church’s most famous convert in october 1846, the vatican offers him a freshly decorated apart...
David Twiston Davies

'Ignorance imperils our democracy': College presidents on the mission of education

as students get settled in during these first few weeks on campus, new catholic college presidents are adjusting too. i recently spoke to th...
Kelly Salomon

How Ireland changed Newman

while john henry newman is regarded as the most english of saints, his story is intimately connected to ireland. it is perhaps inevitable th...
The Catholic Herald