Life

Farewell to the Church Comfortable

"lessons from the archives" offers article taken from the catholic herald's  unparalleled archives , mostly but not entirely on the sta...

Lessons from the Archives

Johnson-Symonds and the changing face of British anti-Catholicism

i wasn’t going to wade into the boris johnson wedding hullabaloo until i watched “have i got news for you” on friday night. the prime minist...

Charles Collins

UK's Patel agrees to meet MP, delegation to discuss Pakistani Christian girl's asylum case

cover image: maira shahbaz, undated photo courtesy of aid to the church in need   the uk's home secretary told the house of commons yes...

US Catholics Prepare to Celebrate Religious Freedom Week

the bishops of the united states have chosen the theme “solidarity in freedom” as the focus of the 2021 religious freedom week. this year’s ...

New Zealand Bishops Welcome Changes to Canon Law

the secretary of the new zealand catholic bishops conference, bishop stephen lowe of hamilton, focused on tougher penalties for sexual abuse...

Fr James Martin’s Subtle Method for Undermining Sound Doctrine

i think i’ve finally wrapped my mind around fr james martin sj’s method for undermining sound doctrine and leading souls astray without ever...

World Health Organisation Formally Accepts Holy See as Non-Member State Observer

on monday, the world health assembly – the governing forum of the world health organisation – formally accepted the holy see as a non-member...

Biden’s Faith in Solidarity

as i write this, i glance at a funeral mass card on a shelf above my desk. the card is from 1963 – for john f kennedy – recently retrieved f...

The pilgrimage of a lifetime

the ways in which we use the word pilgrimage have changed so much during my lifetime. and yet, i realise increasingly, the core of what it a...

Anya Hindmarch, an honorary Catholic?

full and fair disclosure: i am not catholic. but i did spend seven years at a catholic convent wanting to be part of the club. being the out...