Here we publish the message of the synod of bishops, approved today ...

While the civilised world looks on in horror the Sultan of Brunei proclaims that homosexuals can be stoned. The cries of outrage and calls for a boycott resound. I share the outrage, but why just ...

Areas of Catholic Herald business are still recovering post-pandemic. However, we are reaching out to the Catholic community and readership, that has been so loyal to the Catholic Herald. Please ...

The tabernacle that was stolen earlier this week from the St Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral in St Catharines, Ontario was recovered on Wednesday, September 9 ...

Written by more than 30 experts and running to more than 700 pages all told, the report looks at religious freedom violations in 196 countries – basically every country on earth – and covers ...

A damaged icon of the Transfiguration laid out near the wreckage of Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa after a missile strike on July 23, 2023. Getty Images The first Sunday in August this year is ...

July 6, 2022 marked the centenary of the revival in the Church of England of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, which centuries earlier ...

Today, Good Friday, the Passion according to John will be read during the afternoon liturgy. We read those of Matthew, Mark and Luke once every three years, on Palm Sunday, but because John’s is ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has written to Prime Minister Liz Truss to express his “profound concern” over the relocation of the British Embassy to Israel. The intervention of the Archbishop of ...

Speaking on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Pope urged people to carry rosary beads with them in their pockets, adding that the rosary is “the most beautiful prayer we can offer to the ...

Confronting Religious Violence Edited by Richard A Burridge and Jonathan Sacks SCM Press, 280pp, £25/$29.95 How do you solve a problem like religious violence? Assembling a team of academics ...

Harry Mount reviews Charlotte Higgins's new book, 'Greek Myths: A New Retelling' for the September '21 issue of the Catholic Herald ...