Holy See

Who will protect Egypt’s Christians?

egypt has the largest christian community in the arab world. but as we were sadly reminded last week, that does not make the country a model...
Dan Hitchens

Francis and the revival of the Right

a year ago you would have been forgiven for thinking that, following a successful brexit referendum, ukip would begin its slow decline into ...
Michael Warren Davis

The Catholic work ethic

i was raised on the glories of the reformation. like all lutherans, each sunday i was further enlightened about catholic wickedness and abou...
Rodney Stark

Comments of the week

the secret of anglo-catholicism’s success sir – matthew schmitz’s cover story (february 24) is absolutely spot on. faith cannot just be depe...
The Catholic Herald

Theatre: Hillary lookalike brings down Caesar

as the audience arrived at this modern-day production of julius caesar they were greeted with television images of caesar’s conquest of “bar...
Alexander Jolliffe

Pastor Iuventus

my first visit to liverpool afforded me enough time to visit the two cathedrals. i liked “paddy’s wigwam” much more than i expected to. i ca...
Pastor Iuventus

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week i sunday, march 5: first sunday of lent gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; ps 51; rom 5:12-19; mt 4:1-11 monday, march 6: wee...
The Catholic Herald

March 5 to March 11

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun: rite of election, westminster cathedral, victoria street, london, sw1p 1lt, 3.00pm. wed: meeting with bi...
The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0480

cryptic across 1 face crisis of mistaken identity in ritualistic killings (10) 6 pirate on hearing bawdy song (7) 7 root for journalist to a...
Alun Evans

Daniel Johnson: The man who transformed Catholic thought

some people still look askance at catholic intellectuals. it doesn’t seem to matter to most british philosophers, for instance, that many of...
Daniel Johnson