Vatican News

The week ahead: Winchester, Viganò and the Immaculate Heart

a new exhibition has just opened at winchester cathedral. kings and scribes: the birth of a nation is the fruit of seven years of work and t...
Staff writers

The Amazon Synod could be overshadowed by European agendas

on monday, the vatican released the long-awaited working document for this year’s amazon synod. journalists immediately scanned the text for...
The Catholic Herald

In this new battle for parents' rights, the Catholic position is clear

for several months, parents in birmingham have been gathering on the street. they are  campaigning  against what they see as inapp...
David Paton

Infiltration: an unconvincing tale of the Church's enemies

infiltration: the plot to destroy the catholic church from within by taylor marshall crisis publications 224pp, £19.75/$24.95 in 1846, pope ...
Joseph Shaw

Letters & emails

could you create a catholic business? sir – in response to the cover story (may 31) entitled “what went wrong?”, in which stephen bullivant ...
The Catholic Herald

The sci-fi classic that rose out of Monte Cassino's ruins

it is often said that a writer’s inspiration can come from anywhere, but 75 years ago the muse was to be found falling from the bomb bays of...
Alfred Searls

The Church's next scandal is money

"the devil always enters by way of the pocket." it’s a phrase that pope francis often repeats. he has it on no lesser authority than that of...
Christopher R. Altieri

Franco's tomb is still a headache for the Church

spain’s catholic church has promised to respect a supreme court judgment barring the exhumation of general francisco franco from his mausole...
Jonathan Luxmoore

What happens when a priest is too traditional for his parish?

it’s something of a trope these days. first, a young priest is assigned to a new parish, where he reintroduces elements of the pre-vatican i...
Michael Warren Davis

Why the Vatican has stepped in at Lourdes

last week was very eventful, especially insofar as the politics of ecclesiastical crisis and scandal are concerned, so it is quite possible ...
Christopher R. Altieri