Britain's leading Catholic newspaper http://www.catholicherald.co.uk The bishops of England and Wales have called for a wholesale reform of public life. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000763.shtml Catholics will soon be asked to vote in a general election in which the governing party has shown itself to be unambiguously hostile to core Catholic beliefs. That has not happened for generations. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/opinion/o0000356.shtml The bishops of England and Wales have welcomed assisted suicide guidelines that allow people to avoid prosecution if motivated by "wholly by compassion". http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000765.shtml Children in care will suffer if the last Catholic adoption agency in England and Wales is forced to close down by gay equality laws, Church leaders have said. Three bishops told worshippers last Sunday that they were taking the case of the Catholic Care adoption agency to the High Court this week because they were fighting for the right of vulnerable children to a loving family. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000766.shtml The mafia is a "cancer" which had contaminated the whole of southern Italy, the country's Catholic bishops have said. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000767.shtml Rory Fitzgerald meets the controversial former Bishop of Rochester and unofficial leader of conservative Anglicans http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/f0000536.shtml Peter Stanford embarks on a 21st century pilgrimage to Walsingham http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/f0000537.shtml Mgr William Shomali gives the Catholic Herald's Lenten reflections http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/f0000538.shtml From Miss Oona Stannard and Mr Robert Pellegrinetti http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/letters/index.shtml In their pre-election statement, Choosing the Common Good, the bishops give David Cameron a boost by implicitly supporting his policies on marriage and the family... http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/Reid/index.shtml Many of Henry Moore's works hint at human presences, with uneasy shapes and swellings, writes Alan Caine http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/reviews/r0000582.shtml This over-written, gossipy book fails to capture the US President, argues John Hinton http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/reviews/r0000583.shtml William Barlow reviews the extraordinary lives of 93 Imperial and Commonwealth men and women http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/reviews/r0000584.shtml The sex education Bill is not necessarily a threat to our schools, says Quentin de la Bédoyère http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/opinion/o0000355.shtml The SOS prayerline at St Patrick's Soho Square records its 50,000th telephone call since its opening in 2003 http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/life/index.shtml