Vatican News

The inexplicable transfer of St Peter's relics to Constantinople

the decision to send the relics of st peter from the private chapel of the papal apartment to the ecumenical patriarchate of constantin...

Fr Raymond de Souza

'You ask them: Are you serious?': An interview with Cardinal Arinze

it’s a sunny morning in london on the feast of corpus christi and, not coincidentally, i’m standing outside the presbytery of corp...

Diary: The moment I knew I had to be Catholic

in the spring of 2011, i had everything planned out. i was heading to italy for a six-week study abroad programme. my primary goal was to en...

The Catholic Herald

World News: from Kinshasa to Katuwapitiya

washington, dc archdiocese tight-lipped on mccarrick payouts the archdiocese of washington has declined to comment on ex-cardinal theodore m...

The big story: Cardinal deplores synod document's 'false teaching'

what happened the vatican’s former doctrinal chief has criticised the preparatory document for the amazon synod, claiming that it conta...

It won't be easy to shore up religious freedom

in the decade from 2007 to 2017, religious freedom declined around the world. that is the conclusion of a major new study by the pew re...

The Catholic Herald

Boris was a great boss, but I wouldn't vote for him

this time next week, if the opinion polls and experts are to be trusted – and they seldom are – boris johnson will be prime minister. it is ...

Prize crossword 0602

cryptic across 5 pope in rome, number thirteen connected to st lucia – that’s high (8,3) 7 game with horses left mess all around (4) 8 herb’...

Letters & emails

a weakened china will seek scapegoats sir – the leading article in your july 5 issue emphasises something that is too often overlooked or do...

The Catholic Herald

I was agnostic, my friend a 'mere Christian'. We both found the path to Rome

my friend benjamin brazzel’s journey to the catholic church almost began in a mosque. he was invited there by a friend, and was struck ...