Pope Francis

Why Cardinal Sarah terrifies his critics

Cardinal Sarah's opponents have attacked his views and called for his sacking. His response has been a gracious silence

Matthew Schmitz

A broken system

the writer flannery o’connor once quipped that “the church’s motto is the wrong man for the job”. she was expressing a common complaint amon...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   tim farron resigns amid conflict over faith what happened? tim farron, the leader of the liberal democrats, has stepped down after ...

Cardinal: Grenfell anger can be a force for good

cardinal vincent nichols has urged londoners to use their anger as a “force for good” in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the cardinal w...

Vietnamese Catholics terrorised by gangs

police have looked the other way as gangs of young people have terrorised a catholic community in north-east vietnam, according to reports. ...

Vatican sticks to script on Venezuela crisis

negotiations between government and opposition groups leading to free and fair elections are needed to put an end to violence in venezuela a...

In brief

francis to visit peru and chile in january pope francis will travel to chile and peru in january, the vatican has announced. it will be his ...

A man beaten but unbowed

a growing crowd wants cardinal robert sarah’s head on a platter. open a liberal catholic periodical and you are likely to find a call for th...

Matthew Schmitz

The amazing promises of the Sacred Heart

the sacred heart of jesus symbolises god’s love for mankind. however, the love that god has for the human race is not symbolic, it is actual...

Fr Ignatius Harrison

Mary Kenny: The CofE’s regiment of women

"the future is female" according to one feminist slogan. in the anglican church, it looks as though that is very much the case: there’s been...