Interview

There's an easy-to-miss difference between sanctity and profanity that we must not forget

recognising christ is not always as straightforward a theological or spiritual task we would like it to be. for reasons that may become appa...

Orbital, by Samantha Harvey

orbital samantha harvey jonathan cape, £14.99, 136 pages samantha harvey’s orbital is a quirky little novel, which charts a day in the life ...

Oxford Oratory celebrates uptick in adults received into Catholic Church

the oxford oratory reports that an increase in adults seeking to be received into the catholic church means that it has had to start special...

The Catholic Herald

Elisabeth Frink: Doing away with the bambino

a recent journey down a particularly long online rabbit hole – the kind of digression at which the internet still sometime excels – led me t...

German diocese under prominent progressive bishop sees no annual ordinations for first time in 200 years

the diocese under the tenure of the president of the german bishops’ conference and its s ynodaler weg – german synodal way – has ordained n...

FEATURE: 'The Last Priests and Nuns in Ireland' – a missed opportunity to move beyond the same old tropes

i get a knot of anxiety in my stomach when i hear news of another documentary about religion or, rather, about catholicism in ireland. it is...

Dualta Roughneen

Police continue to intimidate Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for 'thinking' outside abortion centre

the police force in birmingham has again interrogated isabel vaughan-spruce about what goes on inside her head outside an abortion centre.&n...

The Catholic Herald

God Save the (agnostic) King! But can the monarchy survive a non-religious future 'Defender of the Faith'?

when henry viii decided to solve his dynastic succession problem by sacking the pope, he had to put aside the somewhat inconvenien...

Swathes of women are involuntarily single and childless: Covid lockdowns and the ticking biological clock

‘i can’t believe you’re about to have your third baby and i haven’t even had my first,” said an old girlfriend wistfully over supper the oth...

Olenka Hamilton

Come on you Spurs!: Too much efficiency and rule-following can stunt our lives

in november, tottenham hotspur – my team – played chelsea. it was one of the most extraordinary games in recent footballing history, with no...