Soul

is it only catholics who care about the unborn? asks gavin ashenden one of the more horrific parts of catholic history in these islands was ...

Gavin Ashenden

in this excellent little book, beautifully translated from the french by dom luke bell and sister laetitia payne, abbot xavier perrin of qua...

Philippa Edwards OSB

an wilson’s confessions is subtitled “a life of failed promises”, which is a little harsh for one of the most consistently lively and entert...

Gertrude Clarke

fr ian ker turned 80 at the end of august. in the course of a celebratory dinner at the oxford & cambridge club, he was presented with a...

Paul Shrimpton

the outpouring of gratitude and grief at the death of the queen was an occasion of rare unity in britain. the people who came to pay their r...

The Catholic Herald

in this month’s issue, we publish our first survey of all independent catholic schools in great britain. the survey shows the diversity and ...

The Catholic Herald

the magnitude of queen elizabeth ii’s service to the united kingdom, the commonwealth and the world remains both incalculable and indescriba...

John Studzinski

of all the events to mark the destruction of st benet’s hall in oxford, one might have thought that the optimistically-titled mass in “thank...

Joe Lord

our tabard inn was la rosa negra café. not exactly a 14th-century inn on the thames in southwark, but a neighbourhood bar in vigo serving al...

William Cash

a stern-faced, dark-haired priest wielding an out-stretched crucifix spanned the front cover of the feb-ruary 11, 1974 issue of newsweek. in...

Nick Ripatrazone