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The Rupnik Scandal: the Jesuit must stand trial, says New York canonist
father marko rupnik at a private audience with pope francis at the apostolic palace on january 3, 2022 (vatican media) (rome) fr marko ...
Diana Montagna
The King's Christmas message struck the perfect note for our multi-faith society
gavin ashenden’s recent post in respect of the king’s christmas message 2022 asks whether the king has sowed the destruction of the house of...
Mark Jenkins
The Rupnik Scandal: Leading canonist dissects handling of startling case
(rome) ever since the fr rupnik scandal broke earlier this month — alleging that the slovenian jesuit artist serially abused women religious...
Diana Montagna
On the Third Day of Christmas: The Incarnation
on the feast of st john the evangelist, the great apostle of the incarnation, an extract from the third chapter of st athanasius’s great tre...
St Athanasius of Alexandria
The Christmas speech that defines the King as a 'defender of faiths'
has king charles sowed the seeds of the destruction of the house of windsor? dramatically this year the king’s speech refers not just to a f...
Gavin Ashenden
Michael Hodgetts: distinguished recusant historian who oversaw the restoration of Harvington Hall
priest-holes – those small spaces in old english houses which sheltered mission priests in the dangerous days of the elizabethan persecution...
The Catholic Herald
On the Second Day of Christmas: The Feast of Stephen
veteran theologian and herald contributor john barton unpicks the message of the paradox that is st stephen's day: when the liturgical theme...
Dr John Barton
On the First Day of Christmas: Bethlehem Bells
our correspondent may baldwin's account of christmas in the holy land - then a british protectorate under the terms of the league of nations...
May Baldwin
Video: The moment when Catholic woman praying silently is arrested by three police officers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6e105a58p8 this is the moment when three uniformed police officers arrest a catholic woman for standing sil...
Simon Caldwell
'Christmas, A Message of Hope': a GB News special for the festive weekend
the fading of christian faith as a vital force in modern britain is nowhere more evident than in the broadcast media; its growing coarseness...
Niall Gooch
New 'queer' carol: Cardinal Nichols expresses concern
you might think that christmas could be nothing but christian, but that would be to underestimate not only the dulling numbing of secular ho...
Gavin Ashenden
Court frees gender ideology prisoner of conscience
the irish teacher enoch burke, who was incarcerated in ireland for three months, has been released from prison in advance of christmas despi...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Alleged Rupnik victim speaks out about 'sexual, psychological and spiritual' abuse
an alleged victim of father marko rupnik has spoken out about how she was abused by the priest over thirty years ago. in an interview with t...
Olenka Hamilton
Christmas is an antidote to our pampered, egotistical culture
it is no longer fashionable to preach on the “four last things” during advent. death, judgement, hell and heaven are not easy to digest for ...
Gavin Ashenden
Woman arrested and charged for silent prayer near abortion clinic
police in birmingham have charged a catholic woman with four counts of violating an abortion clinic “buffer zone” after she admitted that sh...
Simon Caldwell
Pope Francis orders return of Parthenon fragments to Greece
pope francis has ordered the return of three parthenon fragments which have been held in the papal collections of the vatican museums for ce...
Olenka Hamilton
Scottish bishops oppose 'unsafe' Gender Recognition Reform Bill
the catholic bishops of scotland have aligned themselves with women’s groups and jk rowling in urging msps to throw out a bill to permit sex...
Simon Caldwell
Vatican laicises U.S. pro-life activist priest for 'blasphemous' communications
the vatican has laicised an internationally renowned pro-life activist priest for “blasphemous communications on social media”. fr frank pav...
Simon Caldwell
The Pontifical Academy for Life—A Sequel
photo: archbishop vincenzo paglia watches as pope francis addresses the general assembly of the pontifical academy for life on 5 october 201...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
Following St Joseph's example as Christmas draws near
the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him emmanuel, a name which means ‘god is with us’. in the final we...
Fr Mark Vickers
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