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NHS pays £10K compensation to chaplain sacked after upholding Catholic marriage teaching

a london nhs trust has settled a discrimination case with a catholic chaplain who was ousted for answering questions from a patient on a psy...

After Impressionism: encountering my inner Philistine at London's National Gallery

le singe est dans l’arbre. the state visit to france was cancelled in the wake of protests at the very idea - quelle horreur - that the fren...

Serenhedd James

An American revisits London as a Catholic

in 1841, john henry newman wrote to a catholic acquaintance: “i do not fear that you will succeed among us; you will not supplant our church...

Andrew Petiprin

Adam Dant tours the artistic riches of Florence

if the medici had their way, today’s easter faithful might be processing not in the direction of jerusalem or to st peter’s basilica in rome...

It would have been better if Summorum Pontificum had been left alone

on february 21, the dicastery for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments, headed by prefect cardinal arthur roche, issued a res...

Ed Feser and not bending to the spirit of the age

in the 1990s it seemed de rigueur to ask the question “which five people would you invite to your dream dinner party?” my answer then would ...

Katherine Bennett

Pilgrim's diary: the Catholic Herald heads to Fátima

as the harry potter-esque black-caped students that the portuguese city of coimbra is famous for were heading to classes early in the mornin...

Nélida Piñon 1937-2022: Brazilian writer of acclaim

while it might be said that nélida piñon was a catholic writer, she was certainly not one set in the customary mould – or indeed in any moul...

The Catholic Herald

The Walsingham Way

joanna bogle reflects on the spiritual potential of a new camino route and its value to people today. people have walked to walsingham for c...

Byrd’s secret music soars

michael white on a clandestine retelling of william byrd’s 16th-century mass settings and a buddhist interpretation of bach’s passions. we h...