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Keeping the past alive
i have been reading the golden apple of samarkand by lala wilbraham, a wonderful new book which has evaded the reviewers, perhaps because it...
Olenka Hamilton
Diary: The season of grief is marked by hope, says Sarah Sands
since october, my father has been unwell in a nursing home and my mother has been keeping him company there. we said that we would see how t...
sarah sands
Finding the key to an interior life
there cannot be many issues which preoccupy christian parents more than how to keep their children engaged with the faith. this is hardly a ...
Niall Gooch
Francis Bacon: the body and blood
the royal academy has been transformed for francis bacon: man and beast. there are no more cheerful cascades of summer exhibition paintings;...
Lucien de Guise
More to St Paul’s than religion
in the shadow of st paul’s cathedral: the churchyard that shaped london by margaret willes yale university press, pp. 320, £25 the romanists...
Robert Gray
A work whose wings are clipped by prejudice
birds and us: a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation by tim birkhead viking 2022, £25, 441 pages our relationship with birds h...
John McEwen
Ukraine: “If the churches are bombed, then we shall celebrate elsewhere,” says the Eparch of London
as the bbc reported a mounting death-toll in ukraine, on friday afternoon i spoke about the rapidly-developing situation to the rt revd kenn...
Serenhedd James
Russia’s Catholic bishops call on leaders to end conflict with Ukraine
the catholic bishops’ conference of russia has called on political leaders to end the conflict with ukraine. in a feb. 24 message , th...
Hannah Brockhaus
Leader of Polish Catholic Church warns German counterpart over errors of the Synodal way
the president of poland’s catholic bishops’ conference has expressed “fraternal concern” about the direction of the “synodal way” in a stron...
CNA Staff
Violent suicides soar in countries where doctor-assisted dying is legalised, reveals study
legal euthanasia and assisted suicide have no impact on the reduction of violent suicides and might in fact increase their prevalence, a new...
Simon Caldwell
Italian court blocks referendum on assisted suicide because of risk to 'weak and vulnerable'
italy’s constitutional court has blocked a referendum to decriminalise physician-assisted suicide in the country, citing inadequate legal pr...
Hannah Brockhaus
Pope reorganises Congregation of Doctrine of the Faith amid Vatican internal reforms
pope francis has reorganized the internal structure of the vatican’s doctrine office into two sections — the latest step in his ongoing refo...
Hannah Brockhaus
More than 800 anti-Christian incidents reported in France in last year
more than 800 anti-christian incidents were reported in france in 2021. the provisional figures were announced on feb. 10 as part of an ongo...
CNA Staff
Assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be a substitute for good palliative care, says Pope Francis
dying patients need palliative care and not euthanasia or assisted suicide, pope francis has said. at his general audience in the vatican’s ...
CNA Staff
Pope Emeritus Benedict apologises to abuse victims while advisers defend his handling of cases
pope emeritus benedict xvi personally requested forgiveness from abuse survivors in a letter responding to a report that faulted his handlin...
CNA Staff
Catholic doctor to challenge abortion reversal ban in High Court
a catholic doctor is preparing to challenge an order at the high court in london which blocks him from offering life-saving treatment for un...
CNA Staff
Blair's Catholic 'Mr Fixit' gets jail for failing to pay £1million divorce settlement to aristocrat ex-wife
a high court judge has sentenced a catholic former millionaire to a year in jail after he failed to pay a divorce settlement to his aristocr...
Simon Caldwell
Pope appoints new Archbishop of Glasgow
pope francis has appointed bishop william nolan as the new archbishop of glasgow. bishop nolan will succeed archbishop philip tartaglia who ...
Simon Caldwell
Putin's take on the "Russian Idea"
in 2014 vladimir putin recommended three books for his regional governors to read: justification of the good , by vladimir solovyov; philoso...
Mark Jenkins
Former Anglican Bishop of Chester joins the Catholic Church
the former anglican bishop of chester has become a catholic during a private ceremony in scotland. dr peter forster, 71, who retired in 2019...
Simon Caldwell
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