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Diary: Back down to Downside
i spend my first flight in years adding tabs into my new bible. somewhere over china, i manage to stick zachariah to matthew which results i...
Jessica Ogilvy Stuart
In Defence of the Seal
confidence in the confessional is vital, says fr gary dench on 20 october 2022 the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa...
Fr Gary Dench
Cardinal cautions US Catholics on temptation to 'disengage from politics'; reminds them of 'duty' to participate and 'bring light to our nation'
cardinal joseph tobin had reminded us catholics of their duty to actively participate in the political process no matter how off putting the...
johnlavenburg
Catholic parishes in Lebanon suffering as country sucked into Israel-Gaza war
the catholic parishes of southern lebanon are in an increasingly precarious position as violence spills across its border as a result of the...
Crux Staff
Vatican abuse inquiry into Hexham and Newcastle will cause 'pain and shame', says Archbishop
catholics of the diocese in the spotlight of a vatican abuse inquiry were warned yesterday to brace themselves for a period of “pain and sha...
Simon Caldwell
Jesus’s broken hands nailed to Cross show how true strength comes from weakness
"what is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him?" (mark 6:2) our lectionary’s translation of ...
Fr David Howell
Cardinal Parolin on Vatican corruption trial: We're victims
pope francis speaks with vatican secretary of state, cardinal pietro parolin, in the vatican, 21 december 2017. (claudio peri/afp via getty ...
Christopher Altieri
Off the Beton track: Confession reviewed
confession (2022) should work. it has a reasonable director, david beton (the hatton garden job), and a decent cast: colm meaney and stephen...
Arabella Byrne
Haitian bishop injured by ‘enormous explosion’ as country descends into anarchy
rome – as violence in haiti spirals further out of control, the country’s bishops have urged national authorities to ensure the safety and s...
Elise Allen
The Church did not fail Sinéad O'Connor, modern Ireland did
in its 2022 report on human rights in afghanistan, amnesty international summarises the situation which would not be unfamiliar to most peop...
Dualta Roughneen
The lesson of the lone exorcist
"no one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me. anyone who is not against us is for us." (mark 9:39-40) in sunday’s go...
Fr David Howell
From betrayal to benediction: three cities, two paintings and the one and only Caravaggio
the national gallery in london is celebrating its bicentenary by lending twelve of its most famous paintings to various museums and gallerie...
hughkennedy
Jesus Loves the Utility Mass
“all right, i won’t like it, but i’ll do it for your sake.” thus spoke father lou vallone, pittsburgh’s most provocative priest, now retired...
DavidPoecking
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
Vatican offers assurances as China sets out rules for dialogue
rome – top vatican officials reaffirmed at a high-profile conference in rome this week that the church does not pose a threat to china’s sov...
Elise Allen
On the Record: recommended listening for Corpus Christi and Ss Peter & Paul
proclaimed before the gospel on the feast of corpus christi, lauda sion is one of the four medieval sequences that remain in annual use. the...
Alex Hodgkinson
Drag queens in schools: the unbelievable has finally happened
if you argued ten years ago that schools would be inviting drag queens to teach children that there are 73 genders, you would have been call...
Laura Perrins
The problem with God
countless thoughtful, compassionate people cite high levels of undeserved suffering as a basic obstacle to belief in a benign creator. anyon...
Rupert Shortt
Prime Minister mourns sudden death of Catholic mother
the prime minister, boris johnson, is today mourning the death of his catholic mother who has passed away “suddenly and peacefully” in a lon...
Simon Caldwell
Pakistan court annuls forced marriage of Christian child bride
a court in pakistan has annulled the marriage of a christian teenager forced to accept a muslim man as her husband from the age of just 11 y...
Simon Caldwell
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