Holy See

Russian patriarch’s royal audience is criticised

hundreds of people gathered in london’s russian orthodox cathedral on sunday to witness the consecration of the building, conducted by patri...

Big tax victory for homelessness charity

the catholic homeless charity anchor house has won a major battle against hm revenue and customs concerning a vat bill. the decision means t...

Jesuits turn to Venezuela for leader

fr arturo sosa abascal has been voted the next superior general of the society of jesus. the venezuelan becomes the 30th successor of jesuit...

Why infiltration is doomed to fail

the revelation that hillary clinton’s campaign staff sought to pressure the catholic church to liberalise its teachings has provoked underst...

Jonathan Luxmoore

The Church tilts south

the historic election of the first non-european jesuit superior-general points to two great trends in the church. first, the new focus on la...

Salvation in five acts

this autumn i am giving presentations to all the high school teachers, staff and administrators in the archdiocese of los angeles. these tal...

Bishop Robert Barron

Comments of the Week

who can derail the high-speed eugenics train? sir – sally phillips asks, in her excellent and thought-provoking documentary on down’s syndro...

The Catholic Herald

What comes after the ‘reform of the reform’?

liturgy in the twenty-first century edited by alcuin reid, oremus, £16.99 ‘the reform of the reform” – in other contexts the phrase could ha...

Briefly noted

scarpia by piers paul read (bloomsbury, £8.99) . in this characteristically bold and stylish novel, read re-imagines puccini’s grand opera t...

Omnium Gatherum

as i tap on my awkwardly propped laptop in a van bouncing on roman streets, my mind turns to archangel raphael. i invoked him in the prayer ...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf