A Catholic Democrat in Texas: Meet Senator Eddie Lucio
April 9, 2020
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Tucked at the back of Senator Eddie Lucio Jr’s office in the grand State Capitol building in Texas is a
What will happen to the persecuted – and those who have fled from danger?
April 9, 2020
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In responding to coronavirus, even the most developed societies have been stretched to the limits. How much worse it is
Wodehouse, Herriot and travel literature: The best books for lockdown
April 9, 2020
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Well, here we all are. Confined to quarters. Recluses, by order of HM Government. No Mass, no pub, no meals
‘People are being marvellous’: UK homelessness charities and the coronavirus
April 8, 2020
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An estimated 320,000 people in the UK are homeless. So what happens when everyone is asked to stay in their homes?
Explainer: Why Cardinal Zen is criticising the WHO
April 3, 2020
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The longtime China critic has been asking whether the WHO can be trusted
Letter to subscribers: Why we’re becoming a monthly magazine
April 2, 2020
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Dear Subscribers, You are always in our prayers here at the Catholic Herald, and now more than ever in this
Saints and the plague: two heroes of a past pandemic
April 2, 2020
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All suspected sufferers confined to their homes with guards outside; those seriously ill taken to special isolation units (pest-houses); schools,
Expertise and the elite
April 2, 2020
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As the coronavirus spreads, advice from public authorities continues to change. But one admonition remains constant. No matter what, we
Plagues bring fear and isolation – but Church history shows there are remedies
April 2, 2020
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Catholic churches in the UK are now closed to the public. This is unprecedented in modern times, but it has
Today’s re-dedication was a very English moment – with a universal meaning
March 29, 2020
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For England to become truly English, we ourselves must become what God wants us to be
Why my Chinese and Western acquaintances see this crisis differently
March 26, 2020
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Never have the cultural differences between China and the West been so obvious to me as in the response to
Tribalism almost derails a major episcopal appointment
March 26, 2020
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Last December the Vatican wrote to Church leaders in South Sudan informing them that it had accepted the retirement of