Pope Francis

Le Pen’s Catholic flock

after meeting stiff resistance for decades, the french national front is now gaining ground among catholics. for years, commentators had spo...

Fatima: the answer to secularism

next year will see the 100th anniversary of our lady’s apparitions at fatima, which took place between may and october 1917, and which culmi...

Donal Anthony Foley

Comments of the Week

st augustine didn’t bring the gospel to britain sir – in your leading article, “the cost of unity” (september 23), you state that “st gregor...

The Catholic Herald

The thrill of the Sopranos comes to the Vatican

the importance of location to great fiction has been emphasised again and again throughout the current golden age of television. hbo’s run o...

A gripping Vatican thriller with a right-on twist

conclave by robert harris, hutchinson, £20 robert harris’s new novel, conclave, is set in the near future when, after the death of a pope be...

Piers Paul Read

Briefly noted

the rookwood family papers edited by francis young (boydell press, £25) . the rookwoods of coldham hall had a terrible track record when it ...

Saint of the Week: John XXIII (October 11)

stretcher-bearer angelo giuseppe roncalli was born in the italian village of sotto il monte on november 25, 1881. he graduated in 1904 with ...

October 9 to October 15

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun: plenary assembly of the council of european episcopal conferences (day 4), principality of monaco, 7.00a...

The Catholic Herald

Fatima: the answer to secularism

The Red Army left Austria without a fight after one in 10 people started praying the rosary. Imagine what would happen if we did the same

Donal Anthony Foley

Bishop urges Catholic schools to resist 'ideology of gender'

But Bishop Davies said Catholics must welcome people who had difficulty identifying with their biological sex