Vatican News

Cardinal Sarah: A prophet of our times

the church’s calendar includes the feast days of several of the great figures of the old testament (though observing them is not obligatory)...
Fr Raymond de Souza

What China's Catholics really think of the Vatican deal

recently i strolled slowly up a hill with a local priest in a remote area of china. he remained close to me as we ascended steep slopes to a...
Anthony E Clark

World news: from Londrina to London

louisville, kentucky archbishop diagnosed with cancer archbishop joseph kurtz of louisville, the former president of the us bishops’ confere...
Staff writers

Meanwhile: Why Ann Widdecombe wasn't posted to Rome

in 2010, the former tory minister (and now catholic herald columnist) ann widdecombe was offered a new job: david cameron asked he...
Staff writers

Overlooked: Indian priests defy cardinal

what happened? the divisions among india’s syro-malabar priests have been laid bare, after cardinal george alencherry, the leader of the syr...
Staff writers

Burma, not Belgium, is the future of the Church

which country produces the most priests relative to the size of its catholic population? is it brazil, the powerhouse of latin american cath...
The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0601

cryptic across 1 eyes beginning to go, need earliest treatment for transplant fixes (7) 5 nymph’s impiety rebounds, ensnaring even thos...
Alun Evans

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, july 14 : 15th sunday in ordinary time dt 30:10-14; ps 69; col 1:15-20; lk 10:25-37 m...
The Catholic Herald

How to… join the papal nobility

in spite of a succession of reforms in the modern era, including the second vatican council, the catholic church has never abolished the pap...
The Catholic Herald

First impressions can be misleading. Just ask St Alexius

on the heights of rome’s aventine hill, between the basilica churches of sant’anselmo and santa sabina and near to the gated grounds of the ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf