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Egypt's long Good Friday
The Pope is taking a risk by visiting Egypt, but he is going to the right place at the right time
Gerard Russell
Order of Malta asked to elect temporary leader
The request was sent by the order's leadership in an email
Junno Arocho Esteves
When Trump meets Francis
not everyone was pleased when pope francis decided to settle his hotel bill in person the day after his election. “i don’t like seeing the p...
The Catholic Herald
The big story of the past seven days
✣ lib dem leader under fire over beliefs what happened? the christian leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron, has come under fir...
Staff Reporter
The best of the blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online we need to catch up with the global south despite lazy assumptions, the postcolonial world is a trend-sett...
Staff writers
Scottish Catholics ‘to overtake Presbyterians’
catholicism is likely to become the largest churchgoing denomination in scotland, according to new projections. figures from the 2016 scotti...
Staff Reporter
Lower the abortion time limit, pro-life MPs urge
pro-life mps have called for reform of the abortion law after new statistics showed that babies born at 23 weeks have a one-in-three chance ...
Staff Reporter
Stay away from Rome, ex-Grand Master told
a papal delegate has told the former grand master of the order of malta to stay away from rome for the election of his successor, due to tak...
Staff Reporter
Pope Francis greets sister of slain French priest
christians need the heroic witness of those who stand up to hatred even when it means giving up their lives, pope francis has said. at rome’...
Staff Reporter
Orthodox leader to join the Pope in Egypt
the ecumenical patriarch of constantinople was scheduled to attend a peace conference in cairo today with pope francis and sheikh ahmed el-t...
Staff Reporter
Arson attack on Nepal’s cathedral
arsonists have attempted to set fire to assumption cathedral, the first public catholic place of worship in hindu-majority nepal. fr ignatiu...
Staff Reporter
News in brief
cardinal issues plea for peace to buddhists cardinal jean-louis tauran, head of the pontifical council for interreligious dialogue, has issu...
Staff Reporter
Will Ireland cave in on abortion?
as the campaign for legal abortion gained momentum, a few courageous voices were raised against it. “babies are not like bad teeth to be jer...
Dan Hitchens
Lord Alton: my snap election memories
along with “people under the age of 18, aliens, prisoners, and persons of unsound minds”, members of the house of lords will be denied a vot...
David Alton
Copts are finding ingenious ways to thrive
anyone who has spent time with the copts will quickly sense their resourceful spirit. their courage and determination will no doubt make a d...
John Pontifex
Egypt’s long Good Friday
pope francis will be going to egypt at eastertide, but for the christians of that country it will still be one long good friday. the copts –...
Gerard Russell
The rural Catholic crisis
one of british catholicism’s most significant divides is between urban and rural. the church is most visible in towns and cities: there are ...
Constance Watson
Fr Raymond J de Souza: A religious order for difficult times
in this year of significant religious anniversaries, the 800 years since st francis sent the first friars to the holy land does not register...
Fr Raymond de Souza
A jaw-dropping new pilgrimage trail
on the feast of st james – the patron of the greatest walking pilgrimage in the world, the camino di santiago – i set off on the newly minte...
Evan Simpkins
Colin Brazier: What girls really need most
not since dr benjamin spock has there been a male expert as influential in the field of parenting as steve biddulph. the australian psycholo...
Colin Brazier
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