Life

US bishops warn against ‘extreme’ abortion provisions in budget bills

washington d.c., oct 25, 2021 / 15:02 pm spending bills introduced last week in the u.s. senate would force employers and insurers to cover ...
Christine-Rousselle

Pope Francis names Jeffrey Sachs to pontifical academy

on monday, pope francis appointed the economist jeffrey sachs to the pontifical academy of social sciences.  the holy see press office&...
CNA Staff

Alta Fixsler dies in hospice

alta fixsler, the two-year-old girl whose parents fought to keep on life support, died on 18th october after her life support was withdrawn....
Christine-Rousselle

Travelling together?

i write these words on 9 october, as the synod on synodality officially launches its two-year process of… well, i’m not sure just what. you ...
Ken Craycraft

Street-art salvation

if you go to positivenote.co.uk , you can watch david tovey and mitchel ceney painting together to the soundtrack of bach’s mass in b minor....
Olenka Hamilton

Australia’s anti-Catholic bigotry

‘meet dom perrottet – the conservative catholic and father-of-six who will be nsw’s next premier”, read a headline on the abc, as if gunning...
Cronan Yu

The secret army of Catholics in Hollywood

recently, in anticipation of seeing no time to die (2021) in the cinema, i re-watched all daniel craig’s james bond films. ten-odd hours of ...
Violet Hudson

Stars and bars

the 25 november marks the 21st anniversary of the “night under the stars” gala concert for the passage. this year, the evening at the royal ...
Peter Sheppard

A joyous conversion

it is a cause of genuine rejoicing that dr michael nazir-ali, the former anglican bishop of rochester, has been received into the catholic c...
The Catholic Herald

Works and worship

churches are places of worship but they are, increasingly, centres of social and charitable activity as well, not the least playing an impor...
Dr Sarah Ward Clavier and Dr Emma J Wells