Simon Caldwell, Author at Catholic Herald

Simon Caldwell

EXCLUSIVE: Don’t blame young if they turn to tradition in age of confusion, says Schneider

December 01, 2023

Whenever one prepares to meet people of high moral stature or rank, there is always a temptation to consider them also in physically grandiose terms. Britain was fooled by the media into thinking the late Pope Benedict XVI was the “Panzer Kardinal”, or “God’s Rottweiler”, and expected a personality to match only to discover, during

EXCLUSIVE: Strickland sacking signals ‘internal persecution of faithful Catholics’

November 27, 2023

An “internal persecution” of faithful Catholics is under way in the Church, a bishop has said. Bishop Athanasius Schneider said the sacking of the Rt Rev. Joseph Strickland as Bishop of Tyler, Texas, represented a particularly unjust exercise of authority against a faithful and conscientious Church leader. “This will go down in history as a

Catholic media must evangelise digital world, says Pope

November 24, 2023

Catholic journalists and newspapers must adapt to the digital world with enthusiasm in the cause of the new evangelisation, Pope Francis has said. Changing social habits and the emergence of new technologies meant that it vital for print and broadcast media to move with the times if they were to successfully preach the Gospel and

EXCLUSIVE: Newman miracle mother calls for English saint to be made ‘Doctor of the Church’

November 19, 2023

The American woman whose miraculous healing at the point of death led to the canonisation of St John Henry Newman has added her voice to calls for the Victorian cardinal to be declared a Doctor of the Church. Melissa Villalobos said she supported the move by the U.S. bishops join the bishops of England and

Bishops elevate St Winefride’s Well to status of national shrine

November 18, 2023

The bishops of England and Wales have elevated St Winefride’s Well to the status of a national shrine. The shrine at Holywell in Flintshire, North Wales, has been a site of pilgrimage for almost 1,400 years since St Winefride was decapitated there by Caradog, a spurned suitor, and miraculously re-headed by her uncle, St Beuno.

Ushaw declared second winner of prestigious conservation award

November 18, 2023

A former Catholic seminary in the north east of England has become the second winner of a prestigious conservation award. Ushaw Historic House in County Durham, the former Ushaw College , was named as the 2023 winner of the Historic Houses Collection Award 2023 The Historic Houses Collection Award was introduced last year to honour

Dark forces in Vatican wanted me gone, says sacked Bishop Joseph Strickland

November 14, 2023

An American bishop has claimed he was fired by the Pope because dark forces within the Vatican wanted to stop him from preaching the Gospel. The Holy See announced at the weekend that Bishop Joseph Strickland has been removed from the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, and that Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin will serve as

English bishops demand changes to law after young girl dies in hospice

November 14, 2023

The English bishops have asked for changes to the law so that parents can have a greater say in the fate of their dying children. They spoke after eight-month-old Indi Gregory died in a hospice after her life support was withdrawn against the wishes of her parents. Dean Gregory and Claire Staniforth tried to get

Covid lockdown of churches was ‘outrageous’, admits former government minister

November 13, 2023

The lockdown of churches during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic was “outrageous”, a former Government minister has admitted. Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham, a Conservative peer in Boris Johnson’s Government, said that churches and other places of worship were closed because “people at the heart of power did not understand faith”. He made his remarks as the

Unlocking the ‘prophetic vision’ of Flannery O’Connor, the writer who swam in Thomism

November 03, 2023

Understanding the Hillybilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art By Fr Damian Ference Word on Fire, £20.00 Flannery O’Connor succumbed to lupus inherited from her father at the age of just 39 after defying prognoses of imminent death for seven years. Her demise in August 1964 spelled not only the tragic end

Twelve Nicaraguan priests flown to Rome after Ortega demands their exile

October 20, 2023

Nicaragua has released 12 Catholic priests from jail and sent them into exile in Rome following a deal with the Vatican. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed that the Holy See received 12 Nicaraguan priests after it accepted a request to take them from the Nicaraguan government. He said the political prisoners “will be welcomed by

Bishop Davies laments UK’s ‘cataclysmic’ flight from marriage

October 17, 2023

An English bishop has invited Catholics to propose marriage as a path to holiness to new generations in the face of a “cataclysmic” national flight from the institution. Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury told couples celebrating landmark wedding anniversaries in his diocese that the decline of marriage has become so severe that the institution was on

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