 Catholic Herald magazine (4 August 2017) | |
| Type | Magazine |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | GEM Global Yield LLC SCS Sir Rocco Forte William Cash Brooks Newmark |
| Editor | William Cash |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Headquarters | Herald House, Lambs Passage, Bunhill Row, London, England |
| Website | catholicherald |
The Catholic Herald is a London-based Roman Catholic monthly magazine, founded in 1888 and a sister organisation to the non-profit Catholic Herald Institute, based in New York. After 126 years as a weekly newspaper, it became a magazine in 2014. In early 2023, a 50.1% controlling stake was purchased by New York based alternative asset firm GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (Luxembourg).[1] It reports 565,000 online readers a month, along with 30,100 weekly registered newsletter subscribers and a print readership distributed in the US and UK, Roman Catholic parishes, wholesale outlets, the Vatican, Cardinals, Catholic influencers, and postal/digital subscribers.
With historical writers including Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene and G. K. Chesterton making the Herald their spiritual home, it publishes leading Catholic writers, international news and comment from around the world, from George Weigel to Piers Paul Read. It describes itself as "a bold and influential voice in the church since 1888, standing up for traditional Catholic culture and values". In 2022, the Catholic Herald was nominated for Consumer Magazine of the Year at the PPA Independent Publisher Awards and won the PPA award for Writer of the Year,[2] the first time the magazine had won a PPA Award. The Guardian have described it as having a "distinguished pedigree" and being "the nearest Roman Catholics in this country have to a proper weekly newspaper".[3]
- ^ "After 135 years, the Herald begins new US ownership chapter". 1 January 2023.
- ^ "60 Seconds with William Cash".
- ^ "Herald of change". 2 August 2004.