Life

Former Labour PM Gordon Brown urges MPs to throw out assisted suicide Bill

gordon brown, the former labour prime minister, has come out strongly against assisted suicide just a week before a crucial vote in the hous...
Simon Caldwell

Wrath is a dangerous business: Why anger must be tempered with meekness

pope st gregory the great defined what we know as the seven deadly sins as the “capital sins”. they are capital because they give rise ...
Fr Allan White OP

Former seminary wins major national award for education

a former catholic seminary in the north-east of england has won a major conservation award for its work in education. ushaw in county durham...
The Catholic Herald

US Benedictine nuns purchase and move into historic English abbey – now hoping to pay off debt

a group of religious sisters from the benedictines of mary, queen of the apostles in the united states are now settled in staffordshire, eng...
Tom Colsy

US bishops take on government non-discrimination rule for 'gender identity, sexual orientation' in health services

new york – lawyers representing the us catholic bishops have written to the us department of health and human services (hhs) to express conc...
johnlavenburg

EDITORIAL: Time to rally and oppose the advancing culture of death

at the end of this month, on 29 november, mps will debate kim leadbeater’s “choice at the end of life” bill to allow assisted suicide for th...
The Catholic Herald

London museum to show 'queer' drag-themed reinterpretation of Handel's Messiah

a london museum is to present a drag-themed reinterpretation of handel's messiah this december. the foundling museum in camden, london, will...
Thomas Edwards

‘There are no safeguards’: palliative-care expert Ilora Finlay on the many dangers of assisted suicide Bill

if there is one woman who has transformed the debate in britain on assisted suicide, it is ilora finlay. when campaigners for it talk about ...
Melanie McDonagh

Pope Francis should not be criticised for promoting a settlement in Ukraine

long ago, one cold february evening in oxford, i made the short journey to st aldate’s church to hear a panel, including the then bisho...
Niall Gooch

Masculinity and femininity are definable realities: Understanding them can lead to a deeper awareness of love and God

‘i don’t want to prove a woman is strong like a man – no, a woman is strong in her own way, our strength is in our femininity.” these words ...
Katherine Bennett