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As humanitarian aid burns, bishop implores: ‘Don’t forget Ukraine’

September 26, 2023

A bishop in Ukraine has decried the destruction of thousands of pounds worth of humanitarian aid by a drone strike on Lviv as an attack on the most vulnerable. Bishop Edward Kawa, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the drone strike on the Caritas-Spes warehouse in his

A Christian country?: The CofE shows us why not to cave to the spirit of the age

September 21, 2023

Recently The Times newspaper reported on the findings of its survey of 1,200 clerics of the Church of England. Among the dispiriting results was that only a quarter who responded thought that Britain was still a Christian country, with two-thirds considering that it was only Christian historically. But perhaps the most troubling aspect of the poll

Over 1,000 people sign petition to ‘scrap the cap’ on faith-based admissions to new free schools

September 21, 2023

Over 1,000 people have signed the Catholic Union’s open letter to the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, calling on her to lift the cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools. The Catholic Union launched the “scrap the cap” campaign earlier in the summer. Catholic schools in the UK are funded by the government and regulated

Seriously ill teenager dies fighting mental competence ruling in UK court

September 18, 2023

A 19-year-old woman with a rare disease has died during a legal fight to circumvent a ruling that she was not competent to make decisions about her care, despite her desire to go abroad for experimental treatment. The woman, named only as “ST” for legal reasons, died from cardiac arrest late on September 12. She

30,000 attend beatification of Ulma family in Poland

September 11, 2023

Some 30,000 people attended the beatification of the Ulma family in the Poland on Sunday 10 September, the first time an entire family has been beatified. The beatification Mass for Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children, who were martyred during World War II for sheltering two Jewish families from the Nazis, took place

The Catholic Herald’s Leading UK Catholics 2023

August 01, 2023

Every year, the Catholic Herald draws up a list of prominent Catholics in the UK – and every year, the criteria for entry are slightly different. Those on the list are the Catholics who are making a difference to society and the Catholic community, either through their actions – such as Michael Spencer donating £6.25

The closure of the Franciscan Friary in Athlone is symptomatic of the wider loss of religion in Ireland

July 26, 2023

By Ronan Doheny In recent years, Ireland has seen religious orders close community houses across the country due to lack of vocations. These closures are normally accompanied with brief news articles with local people expressing sadness, but few others in the wider public take notice of the impact. As an archivist, before Christmas I had

Violent demonstrations will tip Kenya into chaos, Church leaders warn president

July 17, 2023

Civil unrest in the East African nation has already claimed 23 lives and more rioting is expected, reports Ngala Killian Chimtom of Crux Faith leaders in Kenya have warned their president against continued violent demonstrations, saying they could tip the east African nation into self-destruction. Demonstrations this week against the high cost of living have

Faith groups protest against Guatemala election interference

July 14, 2023

John Lavenburg of Crux reports on turmoil in the Central American state following the first round of presidential elections NEW YORK – A network of faith-based and advocacy organizations has condemned recent efforts to interfere with Guatemala’s elections, and called on the international community to step up in support of transparency and fairness in the

New Rector for National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham

July 12, 2023

An announcement from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales The Reverend Dr Robert Billing has been appointed the new Rector of the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham in Norfolk. He will serve for a five-year term and will take up his new responsibilities from 1 September 2023. Fr Billing is

Noble Purpose: The Constantinian Orders

July 04, 2023

As America celebrates July 4th, a noble and independent religious order is expanding its influence and membership in the US When the Herald meets in London with Guy Sainty, British art dealer, historian and Vice Grand Chancellor of the Sacred Constantinian Order of Saint George (Spanish-Neapolitan branch), he is already at our Polish restaurant table

Byrd the recusant

July 01, 2023

This month marks four centuries since the death of William Byrd, the great Elizabethan composer, and one of the most remarkable composers of the Renaissance. He was a Catholic, certainly from the 1570s, who contrived to weather the religious persecution of the era while working at the heart of Elizabeth I’s court; it may have

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