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A tribute to Mgr Alfred Gilbey

miles pattenden revisits the legacy of mgr alfred gilbey, a quarter of a century after his death. march 26 this year marks the 25th annivers...

Miles Pattenden

Letter from Rome: the Roche rescript comes with all the zeal of Saul the Pharisee

cardinal arthur roche, prefect of the dicastery for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments (photo: marcin mazur) vatican city s...

The deeper we enter into Lent the harder we find it - but the rewards are immeasurable

in the fight against injustice, the targets have always been relative to the aim. the suffragettes targeted those denying women the right to...

Katherine Bennett

Why the Catholic Herald's next 'camino' is heading to Fátima

following a successful summer pilgrimage to santiago de compostela in north-western spain, the famous sanctuary of fátima in central po...

The Surrender upon Sex: a critique of the Church of England

this is a chapter and extract from catholic herald writer gk chesterton's 1935 book "the well and the shallows". i have explained that these...

Why we need monks back in the classroom

st benedict, contemplation and the search for knowledge should be the bedrock of a 21st-century catholic education, says mark jenkins the 17...

List: Pope Benedict XVI's best quotes

on the petrine ministry at the beginning of his ministry in the church of rome which peter bathed in his blood, peter’s current successor ta...

The Catholic Herald

Benedict XVI's care for catechism and catechists

nobody can compare with joseph ratzinger, both as cardinal and pope, for his hawk-like surveillance of and attention towards formation of th...

Dr Caroline Farey

Galileo is not the atheists’ posterboy

in our generation the myth that faith and science are incompatible – meaning that no intelligent person should believe in god – has been pus...

Is it time to set up a suitable sanctuary for our few remaining relics?

the queues for the relics of st bernadette last autumn were somewhat shorter than for the earthly remains of queen elizabeth ii. the impress...

Lucien de Guise