Staff Reporter, Author at Catholic Herald

Staff Reporter

Babies recognise faces while still in the womb, research shows

June 10, 2017

Unborn babies were more likely to turn their heads in response to face-like shapes

Scottish Episcopal Church votes to allow same-sex marriages

June 09, 2017

80 percent of the church’s bishops and laity voted in favour of the change as well as 68 percent of the clergy

Queen receives new apostolic nuncio

June 09, 2017

Archbishop Adams has previously served as an ambassador to Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, the Philippines and, most recently, Greece

What’s inside this week’s magazine?

June 08, 2017

Take a look inside this week's Catholic Herald

PICTURES: Bishops and politicians consecrate Church in Poland to Immaculate Heart of Mary

June 08, 2017

Clergy and faithful pledged to defend marriage, protect the rights of the unborn and resist “moral decay”.

Catholic who died saving a woman’s life at London Bridge hailed as a hero

June 08, 2017

Friends say that Ignacio Echeverria, who attacked a terrorist with a skateboard, was deeply committed to his faith

Saint of the week: Germaine Cousin (June 15)

June 08, 2017

A difficult beginning Germaine Cousin died in 1601 at the age of 22, and is the patroness of abuse victims, ugly people and the abandoned. From this, one can tell that her life was of great suffering; but it was also a beautiful life. Germaine’s mother died early in her life; her father remarried, and

In brief

June 08, 2017

Papal trip to South Sudan is postponed Pope Francis’s proposed trip to South Sudan with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has been postponed for security reasons. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirmed that the trip would no longer take place this year. Abducted priest makes video appeal for help Kidnapped priest Fr Teresito “Chito” Suganob