Holy See

Three more priests are murdered in Mexico

three priests have been kidnapped and killed in mexico in just a few days, raising the death toll of clergy murdered in the country to 15 in...
Staff Reporter

Why it’s not 1968 all over again

for some catholics it must have felt like a flashback to 1968. last week, 149 academics issued a statement publicly challenging church teach...
Madeleine Teahan

My journey from Tehran to Rome

on july 26, i announced my decision to join the catholic church. hours earlier, a pair of jihadists had attacked a church in france and murd...
Sohrab Ahmari

Learning to love ‘Here I am, Lord’

for the past week, i have been sequestered at the ateneo pontificio regina apostolorum in rome, an institution about five miles west of st p...
Bishop Robert Barron

Comments of the Week

communion for the remarried isn’t new sir – in the hope of helping to heal the rift between those who follow the thinking of pope francis on...
The Catholic Herald

Music: Absurdly vulgar, but an organist to watch

six hundred years ago three men rode into what is now the german lakeside town of konstanz, each claiming to be the pope. the endless wrangl...
Michael White

Briefly noted

reclaiming catholic social teaching by anthony esolen (sophia institute press, £15) . subtitled “a defense of the church’s true teachings on...
Staff writers

Saint of the Week: Faustina Kowalska (October 5)

saw jesus at a dance helena kowalska was born in głogowiec, central poland, in 1905, the third of 10 children in a peasant family which was ...
Staff Reporter

Pastor Iuventus

chesterton said that journalism is mostly “saying ‘lord jones is dead,’ to people who never knew that lord jones was alive”. i was reminded ...
Pastor Iuventus

October 2 to October 8

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun: mass of celebration for the 60th anniversary of re-dedication of the parish of immaculate heart of mary ...
The Catholic Herald