Olenka Hamilton

Top EU official challenges COVID worship ban in unprecedented religious freedom case

a top eu official and former special envoy for freedom of religion or belief has challenged the 2021 covid restrictions on public worship at...

Pope Francis appoints Stephen Wright as next Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle

pope francis has appointed bishop stephen wright to be the next bishop of hexham and newcastle.  bishop wright, 52, who has until now s...

Pope Francis orders Gänswein to leave Vatican and return home without new role

pope francis has ordered georg gänswein, pope benedict xvi’s long-serving private secretary, to leave the vatican by 1 july, a german newspa...

Nuns give first interview, speak of 'pure joy' on discovering Sister Wilhelmina's 'incorrupt' remains

the sisters of the benedictines of mary, queen of apostles, have for the first time spoken publicly about discovering the "incorrupt" remain...

Things can fall apart without ritual

a strange thing happened last week: we missed mass on sunday morning and suddenly the whole day just completely fell apart. lunch time came ...

The complex moral decision about where to send your child to school

one of the ladies in my group of local mother friends recently expressed horror that her five-year-old daughter had been taught a bible stor...

Pope Francis gives King Charles 'relic of the True cross' as coronation gift

pope francis has given king charles ‘a relic of the true cross’ as a coronation gift.  fragments said to be from the cross on which jes...

Video: Charitable volunteer arrested again for praying silently near abortion facility

a woman has been arrested for a second time for the “offence” of silently praying in her head within an abortion facility censorship zone or...

I'm agreeing with the feminists!

when our world is becoming gender-neutral, there is still a vital place for women. my two-year-old daughter is going through a funny phase a...

Encountering two real-life Vicar of Dibleys – am I a religious snob?

Encountering two real-life Vicars of Dibley at a carol service was a discomfiting experience, says Olenka Hamilton
about a year ago i made the rather (in retrospect) strange decision to put my name forward to become a local community councillor. it’s a lo...

Pope Francis condemns ‘ideological’ and ‘elitist’ German Synodal Way

in an interview published yesterday, pope francis condemned the german synodal way as elitist, unhelpful and running the risk of bringing id...

Vatican issues final 'stop sign' on German Synodal Path

two of germany’s top canon lawyers have explained that the german synodal path must now end following a letter from pope francis to german b...

Assisted suicide risks making medical profession 'no go area' for Catholics

the introduction of assisted suicide could risk making the medical profession a “no go area” for catholics, the catholic union of great brit...

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