Staff Reporter, Author at Catholic Herald

Staff Reporter

20 per cent of non-religious people pray, poll finds

January 15, 2018

A significant number of non-believers turn to God in times of crisis, a survey suggests

Bishop outraged by ‘hypocrisy’ of locked churches

January 15, 2018

Bishop Philip Egan called for churches to remain open during the day

Three churches bombed ahead of papal visit to Chile

January 12, 2018

A note said the next bomb would be 'in your cassock'

Priestly vocations in East Anglia are at their highest level in 30 years

January 12, 2018

Rural English diocese has 12 men studying for the priesthood after not having had any at all for many years

Syrian archbishop avoids death by seconds after bomb lands on bed

January 12, 2018

Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar had gone to the bathroom when the bomb hit

Why has the Vatican taken over the Sodalitium movement?

January 11, 2018

A Colombian bishop has been appointed as papal commissioner to run the society while it undergoes reforms

Saint of the week: Sebastian (January 20)

January 11, 2018

A beautiful young man St Sebastian has become as important a part of the history of art as of the history of Christianity itself. Although originally depicted as an older, bearded man, the saint was soon depicted as an idealised, and even erotic, figure of a young man, tied to a tree and shot with

In brief

January 11, 2018

Bullying is the Devil’s work, says Francis Pope Francis has said Christians must recognise the presence of Satan when bullying occurs. In his morning homily he said if we feel the “desire to attack someone because they are weak, we have no doubt: it is the Devil … attacking the weak is the work of