Staff Reporter, Author at Catholic Herald

Staff Reporter

Pro-lifers outside clinic gave me strength to keep my baby, mother tells MPs

November 10, 2017

The woman wrote that she leapt out of the clinic's window and ‘cleared three fences’ after offer of support from pro-lifer

Cardinal Müller: I did not say there are exceptions on communion for the remarried

November 09, 2017

'Amoris Laetitia can and must be interpreted in an orthodox way in the unity of Catholic tradition'

Saint of the week: Joseph Pignatelli (November 14)

November 09, 2017

Suppression and illness In 1773, under pressure from European governments, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuits. Their institutions were dissolved. The priests had to adjust to a new life. It is at this point in history that St Joseph Pignatelli, now renowned as the second great figure in Jesuit history after St Ignatius, enters the

Pope John Paul I takes step closer to sainthood after unanimous vote to recognise ‘heroic virtues’

November 08, 2017

Pope John Paul I reigned for just 33 days in 1978

Ordinariate head ‘excluded from Reformation events’

November 07, 2017

Mgr Keith Newton was reportedly not invited to ecumenical events commemorating the Reformation

Pope Francis sides with Benedict by saying Christ shed blood ‘for many’

November 04, 2017

The Pope agreed Christ shed His Blood for 'many' rather than 'all'

Saint of the week Achillas (November 7)

November 02, 2017

An Alexandrian life Achillas is less well-known than his contemporary Arius. But while one has gone down in history as one of the most notorious of all heretics, the other is honoured as one who kept the faith. Achillas was, through and through, a man of Alexandria (pictured), where he was born some time in