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April 04, 2013

The Catholic Church was right not to join critics of Iain Duncan Smith’s benefit reforms

April 04, 2013

When Church leaders proclaim on matters of government policy they run the risk of coming unstuck

Reforming the Curia is not Pope Francis’s principal task

April 04, 2013

Change at the Vatican will follow as the Pontiff's implements his vision of 'a poor Church for the poor'

Michael Philpott did evil things because of the benefits system, says AN Wilson. That’s surely a perfect example of the folly of moral relativism.

April 04, 2013

Without the welfare state, he says, Philpott would have been 'decently employed'. Maybe it’s more likely he would still have been a criminal?

Catholics should be more like Michael Coren and less like Joe Biden

April 04, 2013

The British Canadian writer is unapologetic about his faith and we should follow his lead

Pope Francis will keep to predecessor’s Year of Faith schedule

April 04, 2013

Programme of liturgical celebrations for April and May released

Complaining too often can distance us from Jesus, says Pope Francis

April 04, 2013

The Pontiff says moaning "dashes hope"

Print Edition 5.4.13

April 04, 2013

This week’s issue of The Catholic Herald features an extract from Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s new book, The Church: Unlocking to the Places Catholics Call Home, in which he poses the question, should churches be sold off to raise funds for the poor? Elsewhere in the paper, Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith advises on the best way to

Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/04/13

April 04, 2013

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Don’t believe in Downton: what life ‘below stairs’ was really like

April 04, 2013

A new book gives an eye-opening account of the history of servants in Britain