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UK's Patel agrees to meet MP, delegation to discuss Pakistani Christian girl's asylum case
cover image: maira shahbaz, undated photo courtesy of aid to the church in need the uk's home secretary told the house of commons yes...
Staff Reporter
Living life to the Max
fr. maximilian kolbe ofm conv. in 1936 ( public domain ) in 2017, i was 31 and living in kensington, working as an editor at london b...
Sohrab Ahmari
The New York Times Admits It Was Wrong About Pius XII
when sister margherita marchione died recently, at the age of 99, the new york times , to its credit, published a lengthy and sympathetic ob...
William Doino Jr
Cardinal Marx submits resignation as Archbishop of Munich
-- rome -- cardinal reinhard marx, the archbishop of munich and freising, has submitted his resignation from the governance of the archdioce...
Staff Reporter
US Catholics Prepare to Celebrate Religious Freedom Week
the bishops of the united states have chosen the theme “solidarity in freedom” as the focus of the 2021 religious freedom week. this year’s ...
Staff Reporter
Crime & Punishment: Church leaders' disastrous refusal to abandon secrecy
last judgment by giotto, 1306. ( public domain ) “there is no other remedy,” said the bishop. “there is no other way.” the bishop was...
Christopher Altieri
New Zealand Bishops Welcome Changes to Canon Law
the secretary of the new zealand catholic bishops conference, bishop stephen lowe of hamilton, focused on tougher penalties for sexual abuse...
Staff Reporter
Fr James Martin’s Subtle Method for Undermining Sound Doctrine
i think i’ve finally wrapped my mind around fr james martin sj’s method for undermining sound doctrine and leading souls astray without ever...
JGrabowski
World Health Organisation Formally Accepts Holy See as Non-Member State Observer
on monday, the world health assembly – the governing forum of the world health organisation – formally accepted the holy see as a non-member...
Staff Reporter
The Sense (and Nonsense) of Church Reform: Vos estis turns two
cover image: star chamber (etching,1836) in old and new london - a narrative of its history, its people, and its places, 1873 ( public domai...
Christopher Altieri
Profiting from Penance
the new british museum show, thomas becket: murder and the making of a saint , reveals the religious propaganda machine that existed to myth...
William Cash
The Art of Selling Roses
somewhere there is a picture of me in the rose garden at home with my stepmother, aged five or six. i was clearly transfixed by the roses an...
charlie-hart
Brothers in alms
the entrance to the hospital of st cross, next to the st cross symondians cricket club on the outskirts of winchester, is tucked away down a...
William Cash
Biden’s Faith in Solidarity
as i write this, i glance at a funeral mass card on a shelf above my desk. the card is from 1963 – for john f kennedy – recently retrieved f...
Jon Cruddas MP
The pilgrimage of a lifetime
the ways in which we use the word pilgrimage have changed so much during my lifetime. and yet, i realise increasingly, the core of what it a...
Peter Stanford
Anya Hindmarch, an honorary Catholic?
full and fair disclosure: i am not catholic. but i did spend seven years at a catholic convent wanting to be part of the club. being the out...
Anya Hindmarch
In cheeses we trust
“don’t pick your nose.” “i wasn’t picking my nose, i was scratching.” “you was picking it, while you was talking to that lady.” so busy are ...
Anthony Cazalet
Reform of penal law rejects E&W bishops' request for language change
-- rome -- the vatican rolled out a reform of its penal sanctions on tuesday. at a press conference in the press office of the holy see, sen...
Christopher Altieri
Unidentified ecclesiastical objects
anglican (and some catholic) friends usually regard post-war catholic churches with a degree of horror. the catholic church in this country ...
Michael Hodges
Let's get physical
since march 2020, i and many of the other denizens of east oxford have become intimately acquainted with the trees of aston’s eyot, a former...
Serenhedd James
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