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Pope’s College of Cardinals is becoming less European
pope francis represented a significant break from previous popes. although of italian descent, the pope comes from latin america and this ha...
The Catholic Herald
Eyes on the East: Keeping Christmas with the Ukrainian Catholic Church
as the three wise men make their way home in the latin rite, many eastern christians will only just be ending the fast before the nativity. ...
Fr Mark Woodruff
Colombian bishop responds to cathedral vandalism
ibague, colombia, mar 11, 2021 / 06:13 pm mt ( cna ) .- a colombian archbishop condemned an attack against a local cathedral march 8 by a gr...
Catholic News Agency
International dispute breaks out in Rome over ownership of Spanish Steps and iconic churches
rome – while pope francis was out of town in asia and oceania, a mini-tempest erupted in rome after a french court appeared to assert that f...
Crux Staff
Family trauma across the decades
bad relations by cressida connolly viking, £14.99, 288 pages families don’t always bring out the best in people,” says one of the characters...
Paula Byrne
US bishops criticise Trump’s decision to end Venezuelan protections
the u.s. bishops have called the trump administration’s decision to revoke temporary legal protections for venezuelan immigrants “counterpro...
johnlavenburg
U.S. Catholic churches attacked following Roe vs Wade court leak
criminal acts targeting catholic churches and pro-life advocates were reported after a weekend marked by unrest in multiple locations in the...
CNA Staff
Works and worship
churches are places of worship but they are, increasingly, centres of social and charitable activity as well, not the least playing an impor...
Dr Sarah Ward Clavier and Dr Emma J Wells
Between the Cross and Resurrection: The Harrowing of Hell, according to J.R.R. Tolkien
easter time seems to get me reflecting on tolkien’s catholic imagination. i have previously written about how the dynamic of grace was portr...
Stefan Kaminski
Vatican trial raises the question: Is Pope Francis ‘Great Reformer’ or ‘Great Restorer’?
rome – anyone who’s ever read or seen inherit the wind knows that almost 100 years ago, a celebrated trial took place in the ame...
John Allen
Another historic French church goes up in flames; suspect arrested
the church of the immaculate conception in the french town of saint-omer has been all but destroyed by a fire that began early in the mornin...
Tom Colsy
Chant and sensory overload: Visiting Mount Athos
unlike many who visit athos, my trip was not planned months or years in advance, but instead came about when a friend invited me to join him...
Will Edwards
Stop just blaming mobile phones for children’s despair: Parents bringing up children without God isn’t helping either
concerns and platitudes about mental health is all the rage for children these days. over the years, with my three older children at school,...
Laura Perrins
Concerns about Pope’s stamina for Holy Year ahead raised by first Jubilee event
the first major event of the jubilee of hope that occurred last week highlighted both the significant challenges for pope francis during the...
Elise Allen
RIP Sister Dianna Ortiz
sr dianna ortiz osu, undated photo courtesy of the ursuline sisters of st joseph sister dianna ortiz, a prominent human rights c...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis at Chrism Mass: The Cross of Christ is Inevitable
sacred oils set out for the chrism mass, 1 april 2021, in st. peter's basilica. image © vatican media “the preaching of the good news is mys...
Staff Reporter
Religion, knowledge and liberty seen through the Michaela School prayer row
i almost certainly would have been expelled from the michaela community school within a week. like most of my so-called “boomer” generation,...
johnmillbank
'Silent Disco' at Canterbury Cathedral leads to more voluble protest
a group of protesters plans to gather outside canterbury cathedral tomorrow evening to “peacefully” object to a dance event being held in th...
The Catholic Herald
Little Tafida and the case against assisted suicide
as expected, labour mp kim leadbeater on wednesday introduced an assisted suicide bill into the house of commons. the stage is now set for a...
Simon Caldwell
Feast for the ears: some listening choices from the Herald's musician-in-residence
casting our eyes back a little, felix mendelssohn’s oratorio paulus (st paul) achieved considerable success after its first performance in 1...
Tom Winpenny
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