Life

Police officer orders Catholic woman to leave public area because her views are 'offensive'

new video footage shows a police officer demanding a catholic woman walk away from an abortion clinic simply because of what she is known to...

Fullness of faith at Churchill's old school: the Herald calls on the chaplaincy at Harrow

winston churchill went to harrow. for the 150th anniversary of his birth, the school invited me to speak on churchill and god. the audience ...

Fr Mark Vickers

Farewell to Mount Melleray: lamenting the closure of a Cistercian monastery

mount melleray abbey in co waterford, ireland, closed its doors at the end of january – after nearly 200 years of service. it cannot have be...

Hungary puts EU to shame by helping over 2 million persecuted Christians

hungary has helped more than two million persecuted christians through a government-funded aid scheme, according to a prominent hungarian po...

Tributes paid after murder of 15-year-old at Catholic School

a 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death at all saints catholic high school in sheffield, northern england. on monday, 3 february, harvey...

Jesus's Presentation in the Temple transformed the ancient rites into a new covenant

o gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors. (ps 24: 7 ) the jews presented their first-born in the temple forty days after bi...

Fr David Howell

Candlemas reminds us of the natural order of things – and the need for proper funerals

today's celebration of candlemas reminds us of the balance between light and dark, and the natural order of things. the presentation of jesu...

Camilla Harrison

Parental role in a child's education ‘rightly’ affirmed by executive order, say US bishops

the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) has spoken out in favour of the recent presidential executive order that promotes p...

The Amalfi's extraordinary Hotel Convento: but can (or should) spirituality and luxury co-exist?

on the gulf of salerno, across the water from the ancient greek settlement of paestum and the pastures of water buffalo that make the region...

Catholic charity puts its case to US Supreme Court in religious exemption dispute

a catholic charitable organisation in wisconsin has argued to the us supreme court that the denial of its religious exemption status by the ...