Soul

The crack in the Toby Jug

there was bound to be disappointment when, two years ago, the church in the person of rev peter doyle, bishop of northampton rejected the ca...

Richard Ingrams

On Pilgrimage with Emma Bridgewater

where would you go? the walking around stoke-on-trent is pretty amazing. i know the area because it is where our factories ar...

The Catholic Herald

The miracle of St Fillan

who is the patron saint of mental illness? we hear much today about the need to help the mentally ill, dejected and depressed. but for those...

Playing to the crowd

hogarth: life in progress by jacqueline riding profile books, £30, 534 pages william hogarth (1697-1764) has a good claim to being the first...

Conflicting values

the decision by the united states bishops to authorise the drafting of a document on eucharistic coherence is a sign of their courage and wi...

Fr Gerald Murray

Threats to the Extraordinary Form

pope benedict lived up to his title of pontifex, or bridge-builder, when he allowed the wider use of the tridentine rite – more properly the...

The Catholic Herald

A monk's letter to a godly man in prison

below is a letter i have written to a prisoner, whose name is joseph. he has been in prison for twenty-fie years and there is no chance for ...

You can't take a child from his parents, even if you think you're saving his soul

there is an error catholics and other christians can commit, and have committed, despite the church's own historic warning against it. that ...

Why Catholic journalism matters

the demise of the universe , a catholic paper with 160 years of history, is both sad in itself and telling about the condition of the cathol...

The Catholic Herald

Preston – a rare Catholic cityscape

preston is today a city of some 120,000 inhabitants. it is situated on the north bank of the ribble in lancashire. it is relatively unique a...