April 26, 2020 - Catholic Herald

Visiting the domain of an antipope: the Palmarian pontiff

April 26, 2024

The centuries that followed the Reformation, whether consequentially or coincidentally, saw an end to serious contenders to the Papacy. The era of the antipope appeared to be at an end. Since antipope Felix V, challengers have dwindled to the point of extinction. However, I recently learned that a short drive away from my apartment in

Will the abortion issue decide US election?

April 26, 2024

Three out of five Americans profess a Christian faith. Most of them, numbering about 140 million, or 42 per cent of the US population, belong to Protestant denominations, of which the largest group is the 16 million Southern Baptists. The largest single Christian group, however, amounting to about one in five Americans, is the 70

Catholic voice of calm conservatism: Cardinal Müller attempts to bring order out of the chaos

April 26, 2024

Now that the dust has settled on last week’s controversial National Conservatism (NatCon) conference in Brussels, there is a chance to reflect on its impact at (and even on) the heart of Europe. The gathering of leading conservative academics and politicians, including Suella Braverman MP, Nigel Farage, and renowned public figures such as Cardinal Gerhard Müller,

Archdiocese of Birmingham gets two new Auxiliary Bishops

April 26, 2024

Pope Francis has appointed two new auxiliary bishops to serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Monsignor Timothy Menezes, Dean of St Chad’s Cathedral, and Canon Richard Walker, Vicar General, will serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham as auxiliary bishops, notes the archdiocese’s website. The role of an auxiliary bishop is to assist the diocesan bishop in the

Four German bishops opt out of controversial ‘Synodal Council’

April 26, 2024

Amid an ongoing back and forth between the Vatican and the German bishops conference over a controversial new ecclesial body, four of the nation’s prelates have refused to participate in Germany’s national synodal process, opting instead to wait for direction from Rome. The planning process of the Church in Germany, referred to as the “synodal

UK government’s funding spree for overseas abortions continues apace

April 26, 2024

The UK Government has announced that £12million pounds of taxpayers’ money is to go to a programme run by an organisation that aims to “expand access” to abortion in Tanzania over the next two years. It comes against a backdrop in which funding for overseas abortions has been a continued theme of the UK Government

Despite Tate Modern’s best efforts the Christian impulses of ‘The Blue Rider’ Expressionists shine through

April 25, 2024

The Blue Rider – Der Blaue Reiter – was the name of a group, an almanac and an artistic movement, all of them centred round the remarkable figure of Wassily Kandinsky in the years just before the First World War. He and the Bavarian Franz Marc together edited the almanac with a Blue Rider on

Catholic medical community ‘deeply concerned’ by Biden’s nursing home plan

April 25, 2024

NEW YORK – A national association of Catholic healthcare facilities in the US is “deeply concerned” that controversial new nurse staffing standards for long-term care facilities – implemented this week by the Biden administration – will actually harm nursing facilities and the residents they serve. The Catholic Health Association (CHA), which includes the more than

AI priest avatar gets the chop in first week of digital ministry

April 25, 2024

An AI-generated avatar priest that was launched at the start of the week by a Catholic organisation appears to have been digitally defrocked following criticisms and concerns raised about the experiment in using emerging artificial intelligence technology to bolster the Catholic Faith. The “Fr. Justin” interactive AI app was launched by Catholic Answers, a US-based

Pope goes prime time and does first US TV network interview

April 25, 2024

Pope Francis has done his first extended one-on-one interview with a US TV network in the course of his 11-year papacy. The 87-year-old Pope on 24 April did an interview in Rome with news anchor Norah O’Donnell of CBS (the abbreviation of Columbia Broadcasting System), one of the main commercial broadcast television and radio networks

Catholic Bishops of England and Wales in ‘absolute harmony’ with Vatican against gender ideology

April 25, 2024

Gender ideology and its language should be resisted in all Catholic institutions, according to a new document by the bishops of England and Wales. The 11-page paper also stated that the Catholic Church was firmly opposed to medical intervention for children who want to change their sex. It also said that “social transition”, in which

Lindisfarne’s Marygate House retreat centre ‘suffering’ after 54 years of stormy weather on Holy Island

April 24, 2024

Almost a million people visit the Holy Island of Lindisfarne every year. Many come to see the place where Christianity came to the north of England. The Holy Island can serve as a place apart for those seeking peace, rest and spiritual refreshment. And like the pilgrims of old, those who come and stay on

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