Travel & Pilgrimage

Pamfir: A moral tale for our times

julia hamilton is gripped by ukrainian crime thriller pamfir. this stunning film is the feature-length debut of ukrainian director dmytro su...
Julia Hamilton

Costa Rican government has 'transferred responsibility’ for immigrants to Church during migrant crisis

são paulo, brazil – church organisations in costa rica are saying that the state is not acting to help migrants, while some activists argue ...
EduardoCamposLima

No laughing matter: Death needs to be handled with the solemnity it deserves

a close friend of mine died a while ago. she was still quite young. we had known each other since our early twenties; she was godmother to m...
Francesca Kay

Are Catholics really fleeing to the fields to escape modernity's mess?

if, like me, you spend a little too much time on catholic twitter – or should i say x – then you might in the past few weeks have scrolled p...
Portia Berry-Kilby

Merely Catholic Podcast: Choosing Between Sanctity and Therapy, with Dr Scott Hahn

in this, the 28 episode of merely catholic, the podcast series for the catholic herald, dr gavin ashenden talks to dr scott hahn, one of the...
The Catholic Herald

Bishop-elect of Liverpool said life flashed before his eyes when he learned of his appointment

  a liverpool priest has described how he saw his life was flashing before his eyes like “a drowning man” the moment he was told that p...
Simon Caldwell

Journey from top dog to faithful hound

benedict xvi: a life volume ii: professor and prefect to pope and pope emeritus 1966-the present  by peter seewald bloomsbury continuum...
Piers Paul Read

Breakspear: The English Pope, by RAJ Waddingham

breakspear: the english pope raj waddingham the history press, £25, 304 pages after a few years of any papacy it inevitably happens: people ...
Ben Stephens

Why we need to turn to Eucharistic Adoration to find hope

when pope francis announced the jubilee for 2025,  he  said “we must fan the flame of hope that has been given us.” he explai...
Archbishop John Wilson

On Pilgrimage With: Anita Boniface, writer and chaplaincy volunteer

where would you go? a place i’d like to revisit on pilgrimage is aylesford priory in kent. i often went there as a child and young adult wit...
The Catholic Herald