Life

Belmont Abbey elects Dom Brendan Thomas to be community's 12th abbot

the monks of belmont abbey have elected dom brendan thomas to be their new abbot. during his 8-year tenure, the new abbot will oversee a com...
The Catholic Herald

Review – 'Alexandria: The City that Changed the World' by Islam Issa

alexandria: the city that changed the world islam issa sceptre, £30, 496 pages in 331 bc, on the north coast of egypt, an extraordinarily ta...
John Ritzema

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a terrible battle

tolerance is frequently assumed to be a virtue of the young. in the mass media, age is associated with crabbiness and narrowing of outlook, ...
Niall Gooch

Nevill Holt Festival: how a Catholic Recusant house has become a new Glyndebourne of the Midlands

instead of sitting in flapping tents in muddy fields, english country houses have become the preferred stage set for many new history and li...
William Cash

Letters to the Editor: Please pray for Canada as it slides into dystopia

care in canada sir – in relation to what is happening regarding assisted dying in canada, simon caldwell is right to note that “no-one ever ...
Catholic Herald Readers

Looking to the example of St Joseph – The purpose of work is not to work

in an address to the christian association of catholic workers in may 1955, pope pius xii established the feast of st joseph the worker, to ...
Ken Craycraft

Another Californian diocese files for bankruptcy due to volume of abuse lawsuits

a sixth california diocese has filed for bankruptcy in the wake of special legislation that eliminated the statute of limitations in cases r...
johnlavenburg

Navigating the unchristian options of the EU elections

stepping into the voting booth this upcoming round of eu elections occurring 6-9 june, one is not faced with an easy choice. even parties th...
Karl Gustel Warnberg

Zoraya ter Beek deserved doctors who cherished her life as precious

reports  have emerged that zoraya ter beek, a young woman from the netherlands, died on 22 may by euthanasia. she was 29 years old...
BeatriceScudeler

Nuncio to Kenya says secular West is 'self-absorbed' and has 'lost its vigour'

yaoundé, cameroon – archbishop hubertus van megen, the vatican representative in kenya, blames the receding church in europe on the continen...
Ngala Chimton / Crux