Pope Francis

‘They think I don’t know anything’

the salesian house of studies has not changed much since it was built on a hong kong hillside in the 1930s. but the city around it has alter...

Megan Griffiths

Does Fido have a soul? That’s the wrong question

informed catholics are likely to dismiss the animal rights protesters who stormed a church in italy earlier this year, demanding that the ch...

The art of raising 15 children – alone

when i get in touch with rosa pich by skype during holy week, i discover that she is on holiday with 12 of her children in torreciudad, a sh...

Mary Kenny: What the NHS can learn from Ireland’s recovery

i once asked a free-market economist how he would analyse the irish famine, which is sometimes seen as an example of too much free trade: wh...

Comments of the week

jesus would have agreed with corbyn sir – in his notebook (may 5), stephen daisley of the scottish daily mail dismisses jeremy corbyn’s labo...

The Catholic Herald

Beyond the Fatima conspiracy theories

fatima mysteries by grzegorz gorny and janusz rosikon, ignatius, £27 fatima mysteries: mary’s message to the modern age is a large and heavy...

Donal Anthony Foley

Pastor Iuventus

a christian painter explains his vocation as a teenager i was inspired and helped to pray by a book called prayers of life by fr michel quoi...

Pastor Iuventus

Meet the Catholic mother raising 15 children alone

Against the odds, Rosa Pich and her husband, Chema, became the parents of Spain's largest family. Then tragedy struck

Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/05/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Let's be honest: Catholic teaching doesn't always forbid the death penalty

Most of the great theologians have defended the principle of capital punishment. We're in danger of forgetting why