Holy See

Eritrea's crackdown and the Church's dilemma

the showdown between the eritrean government and the catholic church shows no sign of abating. four catholic schools have been seized by the...

Why the German bishops are in such a hurry

tensions between rome and the german bishops are high at the moment, with repeated warnings from several high-ranking curial officials and o...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Alto Solimões to Asmara

buffalo poll: catholics hope bishop malone steps down an opinion poll has found widespread discontent with bishop richard malone of buffalo,...

Quotes of the week

"the proverbial ill wind that blows no one any good" nigerian bishops on criticism of pope francis ‘from some higher levels of the church’ c...

Overlooked: Vatican puts finishing touches to new constitution

what happened? the vatican has moved a step closer towards having a new constitution. pope francis’s council of cardinal advisers has b...

Could the Vatican-China deal undermine the Church's credibility?

last sunday marked the first anniversary of the “provisional agreement” between china and the holy see. it was the result of decades of dipl...

The Catholic Herald

Some counsels on faith and religion for our present generation

it’s no secret that today we’re witnessing a massive decline in church attendance and, seemingly, a parallel loss of interest in religion. t...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Is Christianity better sung than said?

music and faith by jonathan arnold boydell, 288pp, £30/$40 few readers of this magazine would, i imagine, challenge the idea that music is a...

Letters: Do English Catholics still cherish Our Lady?

sir – nowadays one rarely sees saturday masses of our lady in parishes. masses celebrated on saturday are mostly vigils of the sunday, and e...

The Catholic Herald

Marx's revolutionary synod

in the 1940s, a jesuit theologian named henri bouillard proclaimed that a theology that is not “up to date” is a “false theology”. at such a...