Pope Francis

Publisher withdraws abuser priest Fr Rupnik's books

a global publisher has withdrawn three books by jesuit artist fr. marko ivan rupnik after he was accused of serial sex abuse. pauline books ...
Olenka Hamilton

Bishop quits after finding role 'too great a burden'

pope francis has accepted the resignation of the bishop of hexham and newcastle who has quit almost a decade before he was due to retire, sa...
Simon Caldwell

Lay people can change the Church for the better

today’s financial challenges should be a catalyst for change in the catholic church , writes james somerville-meikle the catholic church sho...
James Somerville-Meikle

How emperors protected the Papacy from bad popes and created Western Civilization

in the december issue, piers paul read reminded readers of the times when christianity was persecuted. this is not untimely, given the re-co...
James Bogle

Lady Susan Hussey was no threat to Ngozi Fulani

about 6 months ago i was asked by my nigerian friend father m if i would take part in an online conversation about faith in the public squar...
Katherine Bennett

Soiled hearts and bloodied fingers

eight years ago, i wrote an article for the catholic herald in which i warned that an agreement between the vatican and the chinese communis...
B Rogers

Antonia Nonagenaria

it was over lunch at le poule au pot towards the end of july that i suggested that lady antonia fraser might give the catholic herald an int...
Serenhedd James

Let's make the most of advent to appreciate Christmas

many of our readers will receive this christmas edition of the catholic herald in advent – the time of arriving, the beginning of the church...
The Catholic Herald

Walsingham rector appointed new Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark

(photo credit: marcin mazur) pope francis has appointed the rector of the marian shrine at walsingham as a new auxiliary bishop of southwark...
Simon Caldwell

Russia hits out at Pope for calling ethnic minority soldiers 'cruel'

the russian government has condemned comments made by the pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the i...
Olenka Hamilton