Soul

Dorothy Sayers Criticizes Rerum Novarum

describing her as "a distinguished anglican writer," the catholic herald asked the mystery novelist and playwright dorothy sayers to contrib...
Lessons from the Archives

What do young people actually want? The lessons of Lisbon and the Tupperware Tabernacle

world youth day was an astonishing and wonderful event. it gathered something like 1.5 million young catholics together in lisbon. if the wo...
Gavin Ashenden

Pope promotes former Anglican bishop who became priest

the pope has promoted a former anglican bishop to the rank of monsignor less than a year after he was ordained a catholic priest. mgr john g...
Simon Caldwell

Letters: Open the church doors; when people can 'encounter Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament' it can make converts

open the doors sir – when i travel around england, i find it disappointing and upsetting that more often than not the catholic churches in t...
Catholic Herald Readers

Irish vocations: The glory days are gone

will the year of prayer for vocations solve ireland’s priesthood crisis? don’t hold your breath, says father michael collins. i rather felt ...
Father Michael Collins

Outrunning God: my journey from journalism towards priesthood

if you have come here expecting to read a testimony that recounts extraordinary happenings, then prepare to be disappointed. mine is not a s...
Cronan Yu

'Do not kowtow to this evil': a Chinese Catholic speaks out as senior Communist-endorsed bishop visits Hong Kong

we hear a lot about china these days : from official vatican narratives surrounding the effectiveness of the controversial sino-vatican pact...
The Catholic Herald

Curing the sick and casting out demons: Christ’s earthly ministry was to heal and to cleanse

the last two “ordinary” sundays before lent begins tomorrow, 14 february on ash wednesday, saw us reading from the first chapter of st mark’...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

The Holy Land: joy of the whole earth

the pointed arch has never previously found the need to abandon the safe shores of england in its search for suitable subject matter. howeve...
Michael Hodges

Fit for a King: the beginnings of Christian iconography

charles scribner reflects on the beginnings of christian iconography, starting at the crib. ever since i was a schoolboy soprano, my favouri...
Charles Scribner