Holy See

How Agatha Christie helped to save the Latin Mass

An unlikely intervention by England’s cultural luminaries rescued the Tridentine Mass from threatened extinction
Joseph Shaw

Brave new Church: can Catholicism be decentralised?

The youth synod’s final report resoundingly endorses ‘synodality’. This could be a positive step – once bishops have worked out what it means
Fr Mark Drew

Bishops: Memphis mystery

why did the vatican oust bishop martin holley? on october 24, pope francis removed bishop martin holley from the diocese of memphis without ...
Michael Warren Davis

Youth Synod: Continental shift

african bishops don’t share their western counterparts’ doom and gloom some general assemblies of the synod of bishops have been more closel...
Christopher R. Altieri

In brief

mundelein us bishops to hold retreat on abuse crisis pope francis’s personal preacher will lead a retreat for american bishops early next ye...
Staff writers

Sense and synodality

as the youth synod entered its final week, there was an air of optimism among the bishops. they had spent almost a month listening to the co...
The Catholic Herald

How to decentralise a Church

since his election in 2013, pope francis has often expressed the desire for a more “synodal” style of church life, and commentators on catho...
Fr Mark Drew

Dreamy, languid and above all beautiful

the pre-raphaelite artist sir edward burne-jones was once asked by a young girl if he believed the story he had painted in the star of bethl...
David V Barrett

Letters & emails

what we can learn from 'slum priests' sir – your inspiring and insightful cover story, “a beautiful answer for ugly times” (october 26), rig...
The Catholic Herald

After cultural Catholicism

when i think about the future of the church in america, i like to close my eyes. when i do, i see marian processions, like the ones held by ...
Brandon McGinley