Holy See

Churchill, the Mosleys and the Tridentine Rite

no longer with us by naim attallah, quartet, 823pp, £30/$33 it was diana mosley, as enchanting in her person as her politics were bewilderin...

Letters & emails

newman’s message to a church in crisis sir – the news that blessed john henry newman is to be canonised is wonderful. what that holy man wou...

The Catholic Herald

Shamima Begum's son didn't choose ISIS

the woman selling daily papers at the supermarket pointed to a picture of shamima begum, the “jihadi bride” who now wants to return to brita...

Two very different ways of fighting communism

last week, the cause of cardinal józsef mindszenty of hungary (1892-1975) took a major step forward: pope francis declared mindszenty venera...

Marc Roscoe Loustau

Behind the abuse crisis, a crisis of governance

the sexual abuse summit’s second full day will be february 22, feast of the chair of st peter, the liturgical commemoration of the petrine o...

Fr Raymond de Souza

How to become a Doctor of the Church

anyone aspiring to become a doctor of the church requires an impressive cv. the official criteria are a major contribution to christian thou...

Jonathan Wright

Newman should be the next Doctor of the Church

canonisations vary greatly in their significance. the canonisation of mother teresa of calcutta, who devoted her life to the care of the dyi...

A case that suggests we are on the verge of a new liturgy war

fr edwin dwyer looks like he stepped out of a time machine. with his shaved head, thick red beard and piercing blue eyes, he may very well h...

Michael Warren Davis

Truth and fiction in a new Vatican exposé

in the closet of the vatican: power, homosexuality, hypocrisy is the english title of the major book by the french sociologist and gay right...

Christopher R. Altieri

The abuse summit begins amid turmoil in Rome

the eyes of the world were already going to be on rome this week, where some of the most senior church leaders have gathered for a four-day ...

Christopher R. Altieri