Pope Francis

How the founders of a Protestant mega-church converted to Catholicism

we have entered the week of prayer for christian unity and thus today at mass we prayed the traditional prayer that our “separated brethren”...
Francis Phillips

Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/01/19

critics of pope francis want his pontificate “to end as soon as possible” , cardinal walter kasper has said. the vatican has released an onl...
Luke Coppen

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, january 20 : second sunday in ordinary time is 62:1-5; ps 96; 1 cor 12:4-11; jn 2:1-11 monday, j...
The Catholic Herald

Fellini's films mingle piety with paganism

fellini’s eternal rome by alessandro carrera bloomsbury, 186pp, £65/$80 no film conjured so memorably the flashbulb glitz and moral darkness...
Ian Thomson

Letters & emails

it’s not ‘loopy’ to explore homeopathy sir – in his article about prince charles’s role in relation to a disestablished church of england (f...
The Catholic Herald

The Holy See now looks diplomatically isolated

pope francis chose multilateralism as the theme for his annual address to the diplomatic corps, delivered on january 7. two days before that...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The new Sisterhood: traditional orders are booming

the blue-and-white clad sisters of the community of our lady of walsingham have recently acquired a new novitiate, a converted barn in dereh...
Joanna Bogle

Why the Angolan government is closing hundreds of churches

up to 1,000 churches of various denominations have been shut down by authorities in angola, on the western coast of africa. a new law determ...
Filipe D'Avillez

A turning-point for Iraqi Christians? Not necessarily

iraq’s urbane and impressive new president, barham salih, has invited the pope to visit ur, home of abraham, in 2019. the invitation was ext...
Gerard Russell

Why is the Vatican taking action against the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary?

fr leonard feeney is undoubtedly one of the most polarising figures in the history of the american church. having died in 1978, he is still ...
Michael Warren Davis