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Commentary: First 2020 US presidential debate an indecorous affair

September 30, 2020
Christopher R. Altieri

The exchanges did not bring much clarity to the contours or the specifics of the national discussion, but they did send international editor Christopher Altieri casting about for disinfectant.

What does the sacred music review mean for Westminster Cathedral Choir?

September 28, 2020
Gertrude Clarke

'The good news is that Cardinal Nichols has been supportive of most of the conclusions of the report he commissioned.'

Could the Prime Minister have a Catholic wedding?

September 24, 2020
Gertrude Clarke

There may be a few hurdles to Boris and Carrie marrying in a Catholic church

We’ll all have a part to play in reopening churches safely

June 01, 2020
Gertrude Clarke

Don't just leave it to older parishioners to shoulder the burden

BBC impartiality is a sham. But social conservatives already knew that

May 29, 2020
Robin Aitken

The Corporation is not some neutral umpire but a potent actor in the nation’s affairs

Catholic bishops didn’t rush to judgment on Cummings. Wise move

May 26, 2020
Melanie McDonagh

The CofE hierarchy rushed to judgment before the full story had emerged. They should have counted to ten

A genius wrote today’s Collect. A translator nearly ruined it

May 10, 2020
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

A spiritual safeguard, it reminds us that we must love in concrete terms

Ten Questions: A reading guide to the coronavirus

April 04, 2020
Thomas Caddick

Many thousands of articles have been written about the coronavirus. Here are some of the most helpful: What is this disease? The LA Times recorded a half-hour lecture by their very own executive chairman, Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong, providing the scientific background to the coronavirus. Dr Soon-Shiong is a surgeon and scientist based at the University

The secret behind the success of the March for Life

January 24, 2020
C C Pecknold

As early as the middle of the first century, a treatise known as the Didache began to be circulated. The word means “teaching.” Attested in some manuscripts as the teaching of the twelve apostles, it is absolutely the teaching of an early Jewish Christian community who had compiled the work over decades on the basis

Modi has nothing to fear from a papal visit

January 23, 2020
The Catholic Herald

It is more than 20 years since a pope set foot in India. In 1999, an ailing Pope John Paul II made what reporters called a “tense” visit to the capital, New Delhi. The 79-year-old pontiff made a strong defence of religious freedom during his 62-hour trip. “In the dusk of his two-decade papacy,” wrote

Why I won’t be visiting Rome’s new KFC

January 23, 2020
Christopher R. Altieri

I overslept on Monday. I had been working all weekend, but that’s no excuse. It was a school day, and there was lunch to pack for my daughter. In order to do that, I needed some of the things sitting in the sink and soaking. So I found myself pressed for time, and hastily reciting

Undiluted Catholicism: what the Amazon really needs

January 23, 2020
The Catholic Herald

What can the Church do to better serve the indigenous peoples of Amazonia? And what can she learn from Amazonian spirituality? These questions have been much discussed in light of last year’s Amazon synod, but often with little understanding of the spiritual concerns of the people in question. Enthusiasts for the synod see it as

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