Hugh Kerr, Author at Catholic Herald

Hugh Kerr

Senior US Catholics gather in Napa Valley for annual conference

July 26, 2023

Leading US Catholic think tank The Napa Institute begins its 13th annual conference “What We Need Now” today at the Meritage Hotel in Napa, California, an hour north of San Francisco in the heart of the California wine country. The four-day conference, attended by the Catholic Herald, features a wide range of meetings, Masses, movies, rosaries, retreats

Thousands travel to see ‘incorrupt’ remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster

May 31, 2023

Thousands of pilgrims have travelled to see the “incorrupt” remains of the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, which were yesterday placed inside a glass case inside the monastery she founded in Missouri. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died aged 95 four years ago but when exhumed by the Benedictine Sisters of Mary on April 28 in Gower, her body and

Los Angeles Dodgers relaunch ‘Christian Faith and Family Day’ following row over pride event

May 30, 2023

The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced a relaunch of their “Christian Faith and Family Day” following a recent controversy over the guest list for an upcoming Pride Night event hosted by the team. The Los Angeles Dodgers, an American Major League baseball team based in Los Angeles, have recently become embroiled in a dispute between

Lay people, including women, will participate in Synod on Synodality assembly, Vatican announces

April 27, 2023

The 2023 Synod of Bishops will include lay people, half of whom will be women, organisers revealed in a landmark development for the Church’s synod process. According to Vatican News, 70 lay people appointed directly by Pope Francis, 50 per cent of whom shall be women, will enjoy voting rights at the assembly, which will consist

Long-lost chapter of Bible discovered

April 12, 2023

A long-lost chapter of biblical text has been discovered nearly 1,500 years after it was initially written. According to the study published in the journal New Testament Studies, the previously hidden segment is one of the earliest translations of the gospels. The medievalist Grigory Kessel of the Austrian Academy of Sciences unearthed the concealed chapter beneath

Passion of Christ returns to Trafalgar Square

April 07, 2023

Today the crowds of Trafalgar Square will once again this year find themselves enveloped by the events of Holy Week as Wintershall presents The Passion of Jesus. Since its first performance in 2010, the awe-inspiring full-scale re-enactment of The Passion has quickly become a highly anticipated London Easter fixture, often drawing at least 20,000 people

Lord Alton: we need less talk and more action from leaders to stop genocide

March 22, 2023

Last week, the Religious Liberty Initiative of Notre Dame Law School hosted a book launch celebrating Lord David Alton and Ewelina Ochab’s recent book, State Responses to Crimes of Genocide: What Went Wrong and How to Change It. Following the 1948 drafting of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,

New commission to address ‘broken’ immigration system

March 01, 2023

The cross-party, multi-faith Commission on the Integration of Refugees aims to create a society where all feel welcome. immigration Is A hot-button topic in the UK. Whether it’s migrant boats crossing the Channel, asylum seekers clashing with protestors in Knowsley, or the government’s attempts to deport migrants to Rwanda, the issue is never far from

Tory party is ‘natural home’ of Catholics, says Rees-Mogg

January 31, 2023

On Wednesday evening last week, the Catholics In The Conservative Party group hosted a formal launch event in the Houses of Parliament. The group aims to support, recruit and mentor Catholics in the Conservative party and public life to ensure that the Catholic voice is always heard in government. Having been officially founded in 2020

Piero’s new-look Nativity

January 02, 2023

Hugh Kerr appreciates the National Gallery’s latest restoration

Anger and Courage: Sheila Hollins and the response to the Church’s sexual abuse scandal

December 07, 2022

Photo: Baroness Hollins and colleagues working on the Vatican Abuse Commission The Catholic Union’s annual Craigmyle Lecture was delivered on 28 November by Baroness Hollins of Wimbledon and Grenoside. Her talk was focused on the issue of sexual abuse within the Church, reflecting on years of experience directed towards preventing and combatting the issue. Shelia

Worth the wait: Piero’s “Nativity” unveiled in all its glory

December 05, 2022

After three years of painstaking work, Piero della Francesca’s famous Nativity, from the early 1480s, has returned to public display in the National Gallery in London just in time for Christmas. After an uncommonly difficult restoration, carried out by the Gallery’s own Conservation Department, the world-renowned piece made its long-awaited return to view on 1

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