Vatican News

Persecution has brought America’s Catholics and Jews together

The reaction to the Pittsburgh shooting shows the strong ties between the two communities
Michael Warren Davis

The Byzantine Jesuit who stood up to Moscow

Fr Robert Taft was a rare figure in Rome who spoke up for persecuted Ukrainian Catholics
Fr Raymond de Souza

English Catholics criticise Vatican-China deal

A long-serving MP and a former Member of the European Parliament are among names who have condemned the agreement
Nick Hallett

Even amid attempts at revolution, Rome remains the same

Visiting the Eternal City feels like a kind of homecoming
Matthew Schmitz

New light shed on Michelangelo’s Pietà

the display of michelangelo’s first contribution to st peter’s, the pietà, within the gigantic basilica which he himself designed much later...
Gregory DiPippo

Comments of the week

letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. email: letters@catholicherald.c...
The Catholic Herald

The Nordic Newman

before the advent of lutheranism, the finnish people had been catholic for about 400 years. a hymn in the finnish lutheran hymnal contains t...
Emil Anton

In Rome, tradition is doing good business

when i return to rome, i feel a foolish mixture of excitement and pride, as though the city belongs to me. or rather, as though i belong to ...
Matthew Schmitz

The monk who inspired Tintin

noyelles-sur-mer is an unremarkable village with a remarkable world war ii graveyard. situated at the mouth of the river somme, noyelles was...
Roy Peachey

The Jesuit who stood up to Moscow

"to hell with moscow!” it is manifestly unfair to sum up thus the long and distinguished academic career and ecclesial life of fr robert taf...
Fr Raymond de Souza