Simon Caldwell, Author at Catholic Herald

Simon Caldwell

Heart speaks to heart: Benedict XVI’s theological debt to Newman

February 01, 2023

By his own admission, the high point of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI was his beatification of St John Henry Newman in Cofton Park, Birmingham, in September 2010. Throughout his adult life Benedict so admired Newman’s “theology of conscience” that he became perhaps the world’s greatest exponent of Newman’s teachings in this field. He

Lords back abortion buffer zone amendment to turn prayer into ‘thought crime’

January 31, 2023

The House of Lords has backed the national roll out of buffer zones around abortion clinics in a move which could turn private and silent prayer into a thought crime. Peers voted in favour a move to criminalise activity that seeks to “influence” the decision of women booked in for abortions to go ahead with

Vatican abuse inquiry into Hexham and Newcastle will cause ‘pain and shame’, says Archbishop

January 30, 2023

Catholics of the diocese in the spotlight of a Vatican abuse inquiry were warned yesterday to brace themselves for a period of “pain and shame” as investigators establish the truth behind the shock resignation of their bishop. Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool said in a pastoral letter to the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle that

Benedict XVI warns of intolerant West in new book published posthumously

January 24, 2023

Pope Benedict XVI has had a book of essays published posthumously in which he defends the unique character of the Mass and the Catholic priesthood and attacks rising intolerance in the increasingly atheistic West. In the book, which is called What Christianity Is, the German pope, who died aged 95 on New Year’s Eve, warned Catholics

EXCLUSIVE: Bishop reported to police for abuse as Vatican probes lockdown sex parties

January 23, 2023

Bishop Robert Byrne has been reported to the police following an allegation of abuse made against him by a Catholic priest, the Catholic Herald can reveal. The Oratorian stepped down as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in December – almost a decade before he was due to retire – saying that the demands of his

Lebanon church leader calls for repatriation of 1.5 million Syrian refugees

January 19, 2023

The leader of the Maronite Church has appealed to the international community to begin the repatriation of 1.5 million Syrian refugees from Lebanon because they threaten to destabilise the country. Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Raï, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, said the refugees, who are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim, represented a “real demographic, political and

Nicaraguan priest faces eight years in jail for social media post

January 18, 2023

A Catholic priest in Nicaragua is facing eight years in jail after he shared a social media post allegedly critical of Daniel Ortega’s hard-left regime. A Nicaraguan court has found Fr Oscar Benavidez Dávila guilty of “conspiracy” against the state. According to the Nicaraguan media outlet 100% Noticias, Judge Nancy Aguirre of the Tenth Criminal

Pope curses ‘delinquent’ priests who withhold absolution

January 17, 2023

Priests should grant absolution in the confessional even when the penitent has no intention to repent, the Pope has said in a speech which has shocked seminarians.

‘Conversion therapy’ ban will criminalise preaching, praying and parenting, Scottish bishops warn

January 17, 2023

Scotland’s Catholic bishops have objected to a proposed ban on so-called “conversion therapy” because they say it would effectively open the way for a persecution of the Church. They claim that it would prevent the Catholic Church from preaching the Gospel and transmitting the faith in parishes, schools and private homes. Priests will be banned

Priest killed and another wounded in planned attack in Nigeria

January 16, 2023

A priest was burned to death and another was shot and wounded in an attack on a presbytery in Nigeria. Fr Isaac Achi of Ss Peter and Paul Church in Kafin Koro, in Niger State, was murdered by assailants who set fire to his house in the early hours of Sunday morning. Fr Collins Omeh,

Church in shock after Cardinal Pell dies from heart attack following routine surgery

January 11, 2023

Cardinal George Pell has died from a heart attack in Rome following complications after a hip operation. The former Archbishop of Melbourne and of Sydney and Prefect Emeritus of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy died unexpectedly at 8.50pm as he was recuperating from surgery. Until that point, the operation was understood to have been

Curbs on Traditional Latin Mass ‘broke Pope Benedict’s heart’

January 04, 2023

New curbs on the Traditional Latin Mass “broke Pope Benedict’s heart”, according to his private secretary. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the closest confidant of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, revealed that the de facto reversal of his policies to liberate the Old Mass came as a heavy blow to the former pontiff, who died on Saturday at

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