Pope Francis

What Leana Wen didn't know

last week, the department of health and human services announced that clinics referring mothers for abortion services would no longer be abl...

The inexplicable transfer of St Peter's relics to Constantinople

the decision to send the relics of st peter from the private chapel of the papal apartment to the ecumenical patriarchate of constantin...

Fr Raymond de Souza

'You ask them: Are you serious?': An interview with Cardinal Arinze

it’s a sunny morning in london on the feast of corpus christi and, not coincidentally, i’m standing outside the presbytery of corp...

The cardinal struggling to quell a priestly rebellion

the syro-malabar catholic church is in fresh turmoil this week, after its leader faced protests over fraud allegations against him. car...

A teenager's spiritual diary has become an unexpected hit

there are many words that describe joe wilson: gracious, affable, gentle, kind, studious, humble, thoughtful, patient and non-judgmenta...

The Catholic Herald

The Amazon synod has a distinctly German flavour

we're still three months away, and already the chatter around the special assembly of the synod of bishops for the pan-amazon region has rea...

Christopher R. Altieri

The week in quotations

"to do everything possible to stop this humanitarian catastrophe" what pope francis asked of syrian leader bashar al-assad st...

The big story: Cardinal deplores synod document's 'false teaching'

what happened the vatican’s former doctrinal chief has criticised the preparatory document for the amazon synod, claiming that it conta...

Letters & emails

a weakened china will seek scapegoats sir – the leading article in your july 5 issue emphasises something that is too often overlooked or do...

The Catholic Herald

I was agnostic, my friend a 'mere Christian'. We both found the path to Rome

my friend benjamin brazzel’s journey to the catholic church almost began in a mosque. he was invited there by a friend, and was struck ...