Life

had it not been for the genius of philip jebb, london’s most famous 20th-century nightclub, annabel’s, originally at 44 berkeley square, mig...

William Cash

who is the patron saint of mental illness? we hear much today about the need to help the mentally ill, dejected and depressed. but for those...

William Cash

mainstream understanding of wayward nuns is often drawn from the sound of music (1965). maria von trapp’s inability to stick to the script w...

Arabella Byrne

the decision by the united states bishops to authorise the drafting of a document on eucharistic coherence is a sign of their courage and wi...

Fr Gerald Murray

there is an error catholics and other christians can commit, and have committed, despite the church's own historic warning against it. that ...

RobertPGeorge

the demise of the universe , a catholic paper with 160 years of history, is both sad in itself and telling about the condition of the cathol...

The Catholic Herald

the poet elizabeth jennings was born on this day in 1926. a devout catholic, she attended st anne's college, oxford, where she lived all her...

FromtheArchives

pope francis leads the angelus prayer from rome's gemelli hospital on 11 july 2021, where he is recovering from colon surgery. (filippo mont...

Staff Reporter

ten years ago, reporting that the vatican had named st luigi scrosoppi as the patron saint of footballers, the catholic herald 's editors no...

FromtheArchives

the catholic herald reviewed j. r. r. tolkien's the hobbit about a month after it appeared. the review in the "children's  catholic her...

FromtheArchives