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Pope makes surprise visit to Basilica of St Augustine
August 28, 2020
Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the Basilica of St Augustine on Thursday to pray at the tomb of St Monica.
‘People here trust each other’: Can a Catholic student residence be saved?
June 12, 2020
When József Mák, student of physics at King’s College London, received notice of the impending closure of his accommodation, More House, his first reaction was not fear but sorrow. “More House is all about the community,” he tells the Catholic Herald. “That is its primary asset.” In an increasingly busy world, More House is unique
‘People want to see the church beautiful’: A Pugin restoration in London
May 22, 2020
A community in East London is coming together to restore its church to former glory. St Antony of Padua in the Diocese of Brentwood was built in the early 1880s by Irish immigrants (many of them dockworkers) under the stewardship of Pugin & Pugin architects. After a post-Vatican II refurbishment, it bears little resemblance to
How Glasgow’s Little Sisters of the Poor have responded to the pandemic
May 13, 2020
The sisters are continuing their work of care despite government delays and financial pressure
Poll: Online religious services most popular with under-35s
May 06, 2020
But reports of an overall increase in prayer may be exaggerated
Wilfred: a deeply, if unintentionally, Catholic name for the PM’s baby
May 02, 2020
The saint evangelised Sussex and helped to establish the Roman method for calculating the date of Easter
‘People are being marvellous’: UK homelessness charities and the coronavirus
April 08, 2020
An estimated 320,000 people in the UK are homeless. So what happens when everyone is asked to stay in their homes?
How young Catholics are defending – and restoring – Chile’s churches
March 05, 2020
Last October, Chile was in the news for all the wrong reasons: during anti-government protests, revolutionary groups, largely made up of communists and anarchists, were violently targeting Catholic churches. It is estimated that 18 churches have been burned and looted in the capital city, Santiago. In January, the police’s preferred place of worship, Iglesia San Francisco
What these Herald friends and contributors are giving up for Lent
February 26, 2020
What are Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lady Antonia Fraser and Mary Killen – among others – giving up this year?
The charity that turns no one away
January 25, 2018
Tackling homelessness is a tall order. Numerous bureaucratic and philanthropic organisations have dedicated their energies to ending it. Yet Providence Row is different from the rest: it doesn’t simply salve the immediate problems, but works to keep people off the streets. That’s an almighty challenge, but one that the charity’s new head, Tom O’Connor, is
The friars shaking up internet radio
June 08, 2017
“Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature”: the Bible is consistent in its message that it is our duty to spread the word of God. The technological age brings new challenges, though, and the Church is constantly attempting to adapt while retaining its essence. Even Pope Francis has Twitter. And
The friars shaking up internet radio
June 08, 2017
From a cramped studio in Hampshire, Franciscan friars are serving up prayer, ethical debate and even a comedy drama
Meghan, Harry and Tocqueville
September 24, 2020
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have put their heads above the parapet to encourage people to vote in the upcoming US elections on what was National Voter Registration Day, 23rd September. Speaking from their new home in California, the two take it in turns to perform a static script. “Every four years we are
Christmas is cancelled. Rejoice!
September 14, 2020
Christmas light displays have been cancelled due to Covid-19. In a year of unrelenting disaster, nothing could be more welcome than the news that Christmas is cancelled. Any human of sound mind has surely been hoping for such an eventuality to come to pass since Father Christmas’s true identity was revealed and the glittery scales
In defence of the U-turn
September 03, 2020
The government has U-turned 12 times so far this summer. At Prime Minister’s Questions this week – the first since the summer recess – opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the Prime Minister Boris Johnson of having effected 12 changes in policy (in recent months). The government, said Starmer, has “lurched from crisis to crisis,
Melania: The good wife
August 26, 2020
The First Lady’s speech at the Republican National Convention has attracted criticism from all over the globe. Melania, Melania, how does your garden grow? It was difficult to ascertain last night, as the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump addressed a small crowd at the 2020 Republican National Convention – for she did
Challenge not accepted
August 03, 2020
Instagram feeds are awash with black and white photographs of women, accompanied by the hashtags #womensupportingwomen and #challengeaccepted. Some women are also writing a short message by way of caption, declaring their love and appreciation of the Sisterhood. “So grateful to all you Wonderful Women. Couldn’t do any of it without you” reads one –
Ring out the old, ring in the new
July 23, 2020
“Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.” Was there ever a more joyous sound than the church bells’ pealing out across the country last weekend? The celebratory ringing of the bells – thought
Is Boris back?
July 19, 2020
Like him or loathe him, Boris Johnson is showing signs that his chutzpah might be returning: in Prime Minister’s Questions last week, his characteristic audacity and energy guided the majority of his answers. Johnson is a controversial character who has over the years inspired salacious gossip, severe criticism and high praise – all in equal
RIP, the handshake
July 04, 2020
So, farewell to the handshake. Adieu to the traditional parting of ways. Goodbye to this long-loved social custom. Over the years it has served us well. It has been dignified, widespread and it served its purpose, silently and dutifully, in a way that no other social greeting possibly could. As well as signifying the beginning
What we might miss about Lockdown
June 23, 2020
On 5 April, the Queen promised “we will meet again”. At long last, it looks like we will. Today marks the 92nd day of lockdown in the UK. At last, after months of uncertainty, it looks like we may be heading towards the horizons of life On the Other Side. “Support bubbles” are now permitted:
Twitter: Hell in cyberspace
June 15, 2020
Twitter is cyber space’s answer to hell, says Constance Watson Where do you go to seek solace when you get the glums? If you’re feeling bored of lockdown, worried that the economy has contracted by 20%, frightened that we are hurtling towards a No Deal Brexit – the possibilities are endless – do not go
Lockdown has brought out the curtain-twitchers in force
June 07, 2020
The government has encouraged unneighbourly behaviour. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” is perhaps one of the most popularised quotations from the Bible. And it is one that is particularly relevant at the moment, as we cast our stones in the age of Covid. Taken from the Gospel according to St.
Captain Tom and the death of the Stiff Upper Lip
May 31, 2020
We are not emotionally self-restrained but, in fact, deeply sentimental. All rise for Captain Sir Tom Moore. The war veteran, who has captured the hearts and the minds of the British nation, will be knighted for his extraordinary achievement in raising over £32 million for National Health Service charities. “I am certainly delighted and overawed
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