Dan Hitchens, Author at Catholic Herald

Dan Hitchens

September 28, 2017

The universal nature of the Church (“Here comes everybody,” as James Joyce said) brings about some unusual friendships and allegiances. Here is one: two weeks ago in Mannheim, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the precise theologian who formerly served as the Vatican’s doctrinal chief, was the guest of Her Serene Highness Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis,

Sixty-two scholars and priests issue ‘correction’ of Pope Francis

September 24, 2017

The signatories say that, while they do not accuse the Pope of the sin of heresy, his actions have helped doctrinal errors to spread

When a Catholic charity kills

September 21, 2017

The Brothers of Charity, a Belgian religious order, have for most of their 200-year history been utterly uncontroversial: quietly, and often heroically, caring for the sick – especially the mentally ill – in a growing number of countries (today it stands at 30). But these days healthcare is where secular and Catholic values very often

Jeremy Corbyn and Holy Communion

September 14, 2017

Did Jeremy Corbyn, as the New Statesman reported last week, take Communion at a funeral in August? It’s not a question his spokesman wanted to answer. The spokesman confirmed that Corbyn had been at the funeral of the trade unionist Mary Turner, at Sacred Heart, Kilburn. And, to be clear, “Jeremy has not converted to

The liberal rage at Rees-Mogg hints at a deep insecurity

September 07, 2017

Progressives love to denounce Christian sexual ethics. But does secular liberalism have any answers?

Scotland consecrated to Immaculate Heart

September 05, 2017

Bishop John Keenan said the laity had sent 'continual letters' asking that Scotland be consecrated

Can Swiss Guards stop jihadists?

August 31, 2017

Which is the odd one out? Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Brussels, Copenhagen, London. The answer to this grim question is Italy’s capital, which has so far escaped an Islamist terror attack of the kind seen in other major European cities. This is striking, given that one of ISIS’s repeated themes is its hatred of

Church ‘isn’t ready’ for women priests, says advocate for deaconesses

August 25, 2017

Phyllis Zagano, a member of the Vatican commission on women deacons, said she couldn't envisage women priests 'at this point'

Could a pope be brought to book?

August 24, 2017

The old joke about Pope St John Paul II – referring to his time as a keen footballer – went: “He’s a goalkeeper and he’s infallible. How is that fair?” But confusions about infallibility go further than that. Most Catholics have been asked by Protestant or atheist friends what would happen if the Pope suddenly

Leading theologian: change canon law to correct papal errors

August 18, 2017

Fr Aidan Nichols said that Pope Francis's teaching had led to an 'extremely grave' situation

It’s not just converts who are worried about the Church

August 10, 2017

A supposed 'neurosis' does not explain why so many Catholics have concerns about the present state of affairs

A history that provides reasons to believe

August 10, 2017

The Creed by Scott Hahn, Emmaus, £12.99 Valentinus, a heretical priest of the 2nd century, was uncomfortable with the idea of God being a Father. He preferred to describe God as the “First-Beginning”, or “First-Unthinkable, who is both unutterable and unnameable”. In response, the great St Irenaeus said that if we were going to start

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