Vatican News

MP: we need to ‘chip away’ at Catholic schools

a recording of an mp discussing how to end catholic education in scotland has been condemned as “chilling” by a bishops’ conference official...
Staff writers

Married priests are back on the agenda

in 2005, at a vatican synod on the eucharist, cardinal angelo scola floated a trial balloon. “to confront the issue of the shortage of pries...
Dan Hitchens

The new population bomb

at the end of last month a three-day workshop was held in the vatican on the sombre topic of “biological extinction”. the event was jointly ...
Dennis Sewell

Why is the Home Office turning priests away?

a catholic mp, carol monaghan, appeared at a committee meeting on ash wednesday with a cross on her forehead. she had, of course, been to ma...
Ann Widdecombe

When the circus comes to Rome

last month the circus came to the vatican. during pope francis’s weekly general audience, magicians, clowns and acrobats performed on the st...
Thomas J Craughwell

Comments of the Week

why i stand by my book hitler’s pope sir – in his article on pius xii (cover story, march 10), fr leo chamberlain comments that my book hitl...
The Catholic Herald

Who shot the bullet that killed Oscar Romero?

assassination of a saint by matt eisenbrandt, university of california, £18.99 he was born on the feast of the assumption, august 15, 1917 –...
Julian Filochowski

Spiritual books round-up

the catholic table, by emily stimpson chapman, emmaus road publishing, £18.99 this book should be read by everyone who has ever thought abou...
Francis Phillips

Pictures of the week

1 students from the university of chester have made a pilgrimage to rome carrying a cross carved from the driftwood of refugee boats. 2 a di...
The Catholic Herald

March 19 to March 25

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun: celebration of mass for the 60th anniversary of st joseph’s church, bedwell crescent, stevenage, sg1 1nj...
The Catholic Herald