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Time to rethink US approach to who it sends to Vatican as envoy
with the imminent and unexpected departure of joseph donnelly as the us ambassador to the holy see, it seems likely the post will be vacant ...
John L Allen
With UEFA Championship about to kickoff, Spain and Croatia remind us that sport isn't severed from Catholicism entirely
the 2024 uefa european championships will kick off on 14 june. taking place in germany, the month-long tournament will feature 24 teams from...
AnthonyRodrigues
Right-wing shift in European elections could both hinder and help Pope’s agenda
less than a week after pope francis called on people to recognise migrants as “a living image of god’s people on their way to the eternal ho...
John L Allen
Belmont Abbey elects Dom Brendan Thomas to be community's 12th abbot
the monks of belmont abbey have elected dom brendan thomas to be their new abbot. during his 8-year tenure, the new abbot will oversee a com...
The Catholic Herald
Review – 'Alexandria: The City that Changed the World' by Islam Issa
alexandria: the city that changed the world islam issa sceptre, £30, 496 pages in 331 bc, on the north coast of egypt, an extraordinarily ta...
John Ritzema
How the breathtaking, awe-inspiring power and sheer wildness of the sea connects us to our Faith
last summer, i moved to salthill in galway, on the western coast of ireland, and am blessed to live a minute away from the atlantic ocean. i...
Ronan Dohenyy
A trio of sausage-based recipes utilising the humble yet versatile English staple
i’ve been thumbing through a cookery book by jonathan meades, better known as a writer and film-maker on architecture rather than food. as i...
Sam Marsden
Every concession to the devil makes us less free and more enslaved
"'let anyone blaspheme against the holy spirit and he will never have forgiveness: he is guilty of an eternal sin.' this was because they we...
Fr David Howell
ON PILGRIMAGE WITH: Fr Marcus Holden, parish priest, writer and art critic
where would you go? i would take the via francigena to rome. this is an ancient land route for pilgrims from canterbury – now in the southwa...
The Catholic Herald
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a terrible battle
tolerance is frequently assumed to be a virtue of the young. in the mass media, age is associated with crabbiness and narrowing of outlook, ...
Niall Gooch
Pope to meet top US comedians as part of Vatican outreach
rome – pope francis will welcome comedians from all over the world next week, including top us names such as stephen colbert, jimmy fallon a...
Elise Allen
Contemplating Christ: Julia Hamilton is moved by a new film exploring religious art
george weigel called bishop robert barron’s series catholicism “the most important media project in the history of the catholic church in am...
Julia Hamilton
Corpus Christi, the perfect antidote to rebellious pride
whatever heaven might consist of, i’m hoping for some to some exciting and informative theological conversations. at the top of my list is a...
Gavin Ashenden
Brother of 'Vatican girl' says new papal-ordered inquest is a 'farce'
rome – pietro orlandi, the brother of a 15-year-old girl whose 1983 disappearance remains the most notorious unsolved vatican mystery of the...
Crux Staff
The 80th anniversary of D-Day is a moment for both gratitude and apprehension
i sit in one of the dives on fifty-second street uncertain and afraid as the clever hopes expire of a low dishonest decade..." so begins wh ...
Flora Watkins
Biden’s new border restrictions 'dangerous, immoral and illegal', Catholic leaders say
new york – catholic leaders have said that president joe biden's new executive actions which will limit illegal immigration in order to gain...
johnlavenburg
Nevill Holt Festival: how a Catholic Recusant house has become a new Glyndebourne of the Midlands
instead of sitting in flapping tents in muddy fields, english country houses have become the preferred stage set for many new history and li...
William Cash
Pope writes preface for book by LGBT-rights activist Fr James Martin
pope francis has written a preface for a new book by one of the catholic church’s most prominent apologists for the global gay rights moveme...
Simon Caldwell
Taking stock of the thuribles and ‘accidents of grace’ that descended on central London
after an unusually cold and dark start to the weekend in london, the sunday of 2 june proved welcomingly warm and sunny. the favourable turn...
Robert Stephenson Padron
Church reminds Mexico’s new president of promises she made
claudia sheinbaum’s landslide electoral victory over xóchitl gálvez on 2 june has transformed the former mexico city mayor into the country’...
EduardoCamposLima
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