Pope Francis

the vatican has caused alarm by saying consecrated virgins need not be virgins since 1970, when the rite of consecration of virgins was rein...

Dan Hitchens

to birmingham, to be ordained priest. the car journey north from my home in the suburbs of oxford starts out by taking me past newman road i...

Fr Michael Ward

shaky video footage shows priests processing with the blessed sacrament through the low-walled streets of sébaco. this is no ordinary day in...

Miguel Cullen

is pope francis, like donald trump, guilty of abject capitulation to russia’s vladimir putin? that question was raised by one of the most re...

Fr Raymond de Souza

why on earth do we stay in a church in which clerics commit sexual abuse? the easiest answer is realism. we tell ourselves that some sexual ...

Tim Stanley

throughout all the years of my involvement with the church, the parish has been taken as the crucial ecclesial institution. talk to almost a...

Bishop Robert Barron

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

cardinal vincent nichols, the archbishop of westminster, has written faith finding a voice (bloomsbury, 352pp, £12.99), a reflective book th...

Francis Phillips

Cardinal Ezzati is accused of failing to deal quickly enough with allegations of abuse

Staff Reporter

The Pope called on governments to act 'decisively and promptly' to stop further deaths

Junno Arocho Esteves