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St Lucy: Italian saint who inspired a Swedish tradition
sweden is far north, cold and secular. yet, every year on the 13 december an italian girl who became a canonised saint of the catholic churc...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Clerical eco-activists and taking God's name in vain
it is not easy to watch pictures of an elderly protestant clergywoman, sporting her dog collar, being arrested for breaching the peace as sh...
Gavin Ashenden
Countering scepticism and the value of apologetics
i have a distinct memory of the first time i ever knowingly encountered outspoken scepticism about christianity, in the playground of my pri...
Niall Gooch
Poirot, but not as we know him: A Haunting in Venice, reviewed by Julia Hamilton
christie as a horror movie doesn’t work, says julia hamilton. a haunting in venice is the third in a trilogy of films produced and acted in ...
Julia Hamilton
EDITORIAL: Law and disorder; the Christian response to the UK riots
english bishops have condemned the outbreak of mob violence against asylum seekers and refugees as well as immigrant communities. the bishop...
The Catholic Herald
'The Donkey' by GK Chesterton: 'Fools! For I also had my hour'
when fishes flew and forests walked and figs grew upon thorn, some moment when the moon was blood then...
The Catholic Herald
Senior Vatican cardinal broaches topic of Pope Francis resigning due to health
in an interview given to italian radio a senior vatican cardinal has discussed the issue of whether pope francis should or might resign due ...
The Catholic Herald
Vatican approves devotion to 16th-century Vailankanni Marian shrine in India
the vatican continues to make progress in wading through its backlog of requests for rulings on alleged marian apparitions and other spiritu...
Elise Allen
Vatican issues apology on Pope’s behalf over offence caused by reports of ‘faggotry’ slang use
after reports circulated internationally about pope francis appearing to use a crude italian slang term to refer to homosexuality in catholi...
Elise Allen
Look to St Joseph as a model of true courage, says Pope
st joseph, who protected his family from the persecution of king herod, teaches us how to respond to our difficulties with courage and to tr...
Hannah Brockhaus
Pope sends two cardinals to Ukraine as he laments 'rivers of blood and tears'
pope francis condemned russia’s invasion of ukraine and expressed his solidarity with the country on sunday. “rivers of blood and tears are ...
Katie Yoder
Sacred flames
the time of the summer solstice, of greatest light and greenery, has always been one of the naturally numinous points of the year for humans...
Ronald Hutton
Cardinal Hollerich: Church teaching on gay sex is 'false' and can be changed
catholic teaching on the morality of homosexual sexual acts is “false” and could be changed, a senior cardinal has said. the traditional bel...
Simon Caldwell
Police apologise to Catholic woman six months after arrest for silent prayer
the police have finally apologised to catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion clinic in birmingham. following...
Simon Caldwell
One eye on the Emerald Isle: The grass seems greener on the other side of the Irish Sea
after cromwell’s conquest of ireland, according to our host, those irish catholics not executed for taking part in the 1641 rebellion were e...
Flora Watkins
Synodal secrecy: is Pope Francis relying on murmuring, rather than megaphones?
rome – in the annals of church affairs, some synods are sufficiently famous – or, as the case may be, infamous – as to merit their own infor...
John L Allen
The Miracle Club: reviewed by Julia Hamilton
julia hamilton finds this film set in 1960s ireland baffling and dissatisfying. reconciliation is a tough gig, is the message of the miracle...
Julia Hamilton
Irish Establishment's denigration of Christian heritage receives first rebuttal through overwhelming referendum defeat
“the irish bishops can still win an election.” a friend of mine said this to me as the results of the two irish referendums on the family am...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Breaking: Pope Francis issues restrictions on extraordinary form Masses in new motu proprio
vatican city, jul 16, 2021 / 04:45 am. pope francis issued a motu proprio on friday restricting masses celebrated in the extraordinary form ...
Catholic News Agency
C. S. Lewis Would Have Approved of CRT
tory christian though he was, i think c. s. lewis would have approved of critical race theory, at least the way it understands human limitat...
David Mills
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