Life

In the manger we see the perfect love of God

the headteacher of our parish primary school recently attended a conference at which most other headteachers came from secular schools. at o...
Fr Mark Vickers

Diary from Jerusalem

nothing prepared me for the booms that shook the building and bounced me out of bed. i had been sleeping in my room at the notre dame of jer...
Michael J. La Civita

Are papal priorities right?

now is the time for the bishops to come into their own. the pope, in his motu proprio  – traditionis custodes – on restricting the cele...
Father Anonymous

Assisted suicide may be outsourced to private companies to help NHS

assisted suicide services could be provided by private companies under government plans to ensure the number of requests don’t impede curren...
The Catholic Herald

Filipino bishop decries divorce reforms as a blow to family and society

as the philippines moved closer to legalising divorce , a leading catholic bishop has warned politicians that “divorce weakens the fabric of...
The Catholic Herald

"These are not fake migrants. These are desperate women and children."

the last time i was in krakow was after christmas in december 1989, shortly after the berlin wall came down. i was an undergraduate, just st...
William Cash

Italian school closes to ‘celebrate’ Ramadan, while another prevents Easter blessing

rome – in examples which suggest the strains of a county navigating the transition from being almost entirely catholic to a more multi-ethni...
Crux Staff

UK among most hostile countries toward Christians in Europe, report finds

anti-christian crimes are on the rise across europe, with the uk identified as experiencing one of the largest increases. the findings come ...
Thomas Edwards

Prolific observer of Catholic foibles: David Lodge, 1935–2025

david lodge, who died on 1 january at the age of 89, was a writer and academic who used to describe himself, echoing graham greene, as an “a...
The Catholic Herald

IVF is no panacea and Church teaching reflects that for the sake of human dignity

most people have a strong and natural desire to have their own children. in church teaching the gift of a child is one of the great goods of...
Pia Matthews