Staff Reporter, Author at Catholic Herald

Staff Reporter

Catholics and other Christians back under attack in Nigeria

June 20, 2022

Nigeria has been rocked by yet more attacks against the country’s sizeable Christian population. Africa’s most populous country – split nearly 50-50 between Christians (concentrated in the south) and Muslims (concentrated in the north, where Sharia law is widely implemented) – saw gunmen attack a Catholic Mass earlier this month, killing over fifty worshippers. That

Don’t expect the EU Iron Curtain to crack if Czechs change same-sex marriage law

June 16, 2022

A cultural Iron Curtain now very much divides the two halves of the EU. To the west, are the more progressive, ethnically diverse and secular states of western Europe. To the east, are the more traditionalist, more homogenous and largely re-Christianising former communist states. Slightly shocking perhaps to some then that the conservative and historically

BREAKING: Pope speaks on Ukraine war

June 14, 2022

Details have been released of Pope Francis’ comments about the conflict in Ukraine, regarding which he accused Russian troops of brutality while claiming the invasion violated the right to self-determination. As reported by Reuters, in the text of a conversation last month with editors of Jesuit media, the Pontiff praised Ukrainians for fighting for their

The Hindutva threat to India’s Christians

June 14, 2022

When it was established in 1947, the modern state of India offered the secular alternative to decidedly Islamic Pakistan. Yes, India was the Hindu-majority carve-out from the British Raj, while Pakistan (which comprised what is now Bangladesh and modern-day Pakistan under 1971) was to be the homeland of the Subcontinent’s Muslims, but for years India

Poland ‘pregnancy register’ highlights culture clash within EU

June 10, 2022

Despite insistences from officials that it represents no such thing, the Government of Poland is currently facing a tremendous backlash against what critics are calling a “pregnancy register” which requires doctors to record every pregnancy within the country. Doctors must now record information, including past or current illnesses, medical visits, treatments and blood type. For

New York cardinal on mercy mission to Ukraine refugees

April 27, 2022

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is to visit Poland and Slovakia this week to meet Ukrainian refugees. The purpose of the visit is to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of the conflict, with the cardinal being taken around receiving centres along the Polish and Slovak borders with Ukraine, as well as in Kracow and

Police to allow priests access to crime scenes following outcry over Sir David Amess murder

April 04, 2022

Revised national guidelines for the College of Policing will allow for sacramental access at crime scenes where operationally possible following the conclusion of a working group set up in the aftermath of the murder of MP Sir David Amess. The murder in October 2021 raised a number of questions concerning the appropriate response to granting

Aid to the Church in Need appoints new UK director

March 24, 2022

The UK office of a charity helping persecuted and other suffering Christians has announced the appointment of its new chief executive. Dr Caroline Hull will take over from Neville Kyrke-Smith as national director of the British section of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). Dr Hull, who is currently ACN (UK)’s Head

Fra’ Matthew Festing, British-born Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, laid to rest after Requiem in Valletta

December 03, 2021

Fra’ Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, has been laid to rest following a funeral in Valletta. A mighty clap of thunder heralded the arrival of the coffin of Fra’ Matthew as it reached the massive doors of St John’s Co-Cathedral in the Maltese capital. The organ echoed the

Pope makes ‘heartfelt appeal’ for solutions to migrant crisis after drownings in English Channel

November 29, 2021

Pope Francis has called for solutions to the European migrant crisis that last week cost the lives of 27 people in the English Channel. The Holy Father used his Sunday Angelus to make a “heartfelt appeal” for an end to problems in France, Belarus and the Mediterranean, which, he said, had become “a tomb” for

RIP David Amess – a Requiem Mass for the Don Quixote of British Politics

November 24, 2021

On a crisp and sombre November day at a packed out Westminster Cathedral, His Eminence Cardinal Nichols was the Principal Celebrant at the Requiem Mass for Sir David Amess MP, who had been MP for Southend West until his murder on October 15th at a parliamentary surgery. His body lay to rest in the crypt of

RIP Fra’ Matthew Festing (1949-2021)

November 13, 2021

On Friday, the Grand Magistry of the Order of Malta announced the death of Fra’ Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, who died in Malta, aged 71. Elected in March 2008, the charismatic Amplefordian served as Grand Master until January 2017 after being forced to resign by the Vatican

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