Holy See

Defending the common good

paris. san bernardino. brussels. nice. istanbul. rouen. the pace of terrorist attacks linked to isis has accelerated over the past two years...
Matthew Shadle

Theatre: Judas upstages Jesus in Superstar revival

andrew lloyd webber and tim rice’s jesus christ superstar is a rock opera for secular audiences, concentrating on jesus’s humanity rather th...
Robert Tanitch

Don’t mention Regensburg

kraków fifteen years after the september 11 attacks, and 10 years after benedict xvi’s address at regensburg, pope francis has adopted the c...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Obituary: Gerard Noel, an editor who loved mystery and mischief

gerard noel, who has died aged 89, was one of the most distinguished editors in the history of catholic herald, a historian of immense range...
The Catholic Herald

Comments of the Week

our parish’s stand against xenophobia sir – in a bold effort of defiance following incidents of hate crime and xenophobia in some parts of t...
The Catholic Herald

Briefly noted

ignatian formation by janos lukács sj (gracewing, £14.99) . the place of st ignatius’s spiritual exercises in jesuit affections could not be...
Staff writers

The modern martyrs we’ve already forgotten

the god of the gulag, vol 1 and vol 2 by jonathan luxmoore, gracewing, £20 each jonathan luxmoore, a writer who has specialised in church ne...
Francis Phillips

Omnium Gatherum

did you know that the annual perseid meteor shower is nicknamed “the tears of st lawrence”? the shower occurs every year around the feast of...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/08/16

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen

Pope Francis: 'During Auschwitz silence, I prayed for all victims of war and violence'

The Pontiff told the faithful that young people today gave 'strong signs' of hope and brotherhood in a world plagued with 'cruelty'
Staff Reporter