Pope Francis

Abuse crisis: Only the beginning

as more allegations emerge in the us, bishops clash over the shape of a future inquiry cardinal donald wuerl succeeded theodore mccarrick as...
Michael Warren Davis

Fr Raymond J de Souza: The erased encyclical

last week, on the 25th anniversary of veritatis splendor , i looked at how st john paul’s encyclical of 1993 took up the challenges created ...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The new idea of a university

there is a heatwave, and it is clear that victorian buildings, however beautiful, are not ideal places in which to work in such weather. the...
John Charmley

A truce that cannot hold

too many catholic leaders have treated archbishop theodore mccarrick’s alleged crimes as an isolated issue. cardinal donald wuerl told an in...
Matthew Schmitz

The pope that England made

it had never happened before and has never happened since. on november 11, 1417, a pope was selected largely thanks to the efforts of the en...
John Whitehead

Comments of the week

letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. email: letters@catholicherald.c...
The Catholic Herald

Rock stars who can’t leave the faith behind

"pope francis is a true rock star.” who says? an actual rock star. sting, formerly of the police, attended a general audience recently and w...
Michael Duggan

Damian Thompson: The thin end of the wedge

a friend of mine texted me last week to say that she’d found a nice church round the corner from her office and had just “popped in for a lu...
Damian Thompson

On the feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis asks for consolation for all who suffer

The Pope prayed for the 38 people who died the previous day in the Genoa bridge collapse
Cindy Wooden

Pope names new deputy Secretary of State

Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra will take up a key role in the Vatican
Staff Reporter