The Catholic Herald

1 week ago | thecatholicherald.com | Melanie McDonagh

Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone, two artists celebrated in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin were Christian Modernists, and that wasn’t an oxymoron. If you include the pioneer Cubist Albert Gleizes, under whom they studied in Paris, that made three of them – Modernists imbued with a profound faith.

1 week ago | thecatholicherald.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom

In a horrifying escalation of violence, between 100 and 200 Christians were murdered by Fulani jihadist herdsmen in Nigeria’s Benue State, according to multiple sources. Heavily armed jihadists stormed Yelwata – a farming community in Guma County – between Friday and Saturday. They set homes ablaze and slaughtered the predominantly Christian inhabitants.

1 week ago | thecatholicherald.com | Charles Collins

Marking Britain and Ireland’s “Day for Life,” Pope Leo XIV called on everyone in society to “defend rather than undermine a civilisation founded on authentic love and genuine compassion.”The Day for Life is marked jointly by the Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. This year, it has the theme: “Hope does not disappoint – finding meaning in suffering.”The British Parliament is currently considering the legalisation of assisted suicide.

2 weeks ago | thecatholicherald.com | Nirmala Carvalho

MUMBAI, India – The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Christian officer from the Indian Army for his refusal to participate in either Hindu or Sikh religious rituals at his regiment’s temple and gurdwara. Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan joined the army in 2017 and served in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, which predominantly recruits soldiers from the Jat, Rajput and Sikh communities.

2 weeks ago | thecatholicherald.com | Eduardo Lima

A victim of clerical sexual abuse that occurred 57 years ago has created Brazil’s first organisation that represents other victims of such abuse. The Network of Survivors of Ecclesiastical Abuse is the initiative of Valdea Caratchuk, a resident in Brazil’s Paraná state. She “rediscovered” what happened to her only 11 years ago, during therapy, after decades hiding it under layers of fear and shame.