Interview

US priesthood riven by ‘generational mistrust’ as conservative shift leaves younger priests ‘suspicious' of Church hierarchy

new york, crux – when asked to sum up the state of the american priesthood, catholic university of america sociologist brandon vaidyanathan ...

The poetry of Christmas trees

nick ripatrazone explores seasonal lines by poets elizabeth bishop,  wb yeats, james merrill and denise levertov. in one of her most fa...

Nick Ripatrazone

Lionel Johnson: Poetry and Prose, by Robert Asch

celebrating a lost victorian voice. lionel johnson: poetry and prose robert asch saint austin press, £29.99, 544 pages when lionel johnson w...

Bishop Kukah: optimism in 'complicated' Nigeria despite fears of increasing Islamization

yaoundè, cameroon – a leading nigerian prelate has said that the very structure of the state in africa’s most populous nation is “dysfunctio...

Ngala Killian Chimtom

The Mass Revealed, by Ricardo Reyes Castillo

the mass revealed ricardo reyes castillo independently published, £11.25, 92 pages this book is whimsical and profound, charming, doctrinall...

Drinking to the glory of God with 'Monastic Order'

serenhedd james talks to brian scarffe, the founder of monastic order , about his project and his vision for its future. another day; anothe...

Serenhedd James

'Your Lord is coming!' Setting out on a new Church year with Pope Francis

in st matthew's gospel we hear a beautiful promise that introduces us to the season of advent: “your lord is coming” (cf.  mt  24:...

The Catholic Herald

Interview: soon-to-be-Catholic Tammy Peterson on marriage, religion and the power of femininity

tammy peterson is becoming a catholic.  she will be received into the church at easter.  any school rebranding their house system ...

Katherine Bennett

The modern Advent calendar and our descent into vice

every time a journalist phones me i remind myself of oscar wilde’s warning, “the difference between literature and journalism is that j...

Nothing to see here? Cardinal Ghirlanda denies attempts to change voting rights in next conclave

few things cause catholics more excitement than a papal conclave. so when it was reported by the eminently respectable website the pillar, a...