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Numbers of African Catholics boom as Church in Europe continues to shrink
yaoundè, cameroon - a leading nigerian prelate has said that africans see catholicism in the west as a “church in decline” while in africa c...
Ngala Killian Chimtom
Divine Renovation is waking up churches
lay engagement is a working plan to bring about parish renewal. there can’t be more convivial places than boodle’s club in london to discuss...
The Catholic Herald
Blair's Catholic 'Mr Fixit' gets jail for failing to pay £1million divorce settlement to aristocrat ex-wife
a high court judge has sentenced a catholic former millionaire to a year in jail after he failed to pay a divorce settlement to his aristocr...
Simon Caldwell
One more step: Church of England bishops to bless same-sex unions
the church of england has been in turmoil about sex for as long as most of us have lived. rather in the way climate alarmists anticipate the...
Gavin Ashenden
Elizabeth Jennings: The Catholic bag-lady of poetry
the poet elizabeth jennings was born on this day in 1926. a devout catholic, she attended st anne's college, oxford, where she lived all her...
FromtheArchives
The pope and primates
rethinking human relationship with the animal creation is not everyone’s cup of tea. there are nymphs in the vatican gardens. you will find ...
Felipe Fernandez Armesto
Rome in England, England in Rome: A potted history of the Venerable English College
the problem of securing convenient yet affordable accommodation has confronted visitors to rome since at least the 14th century, when pilgri...
George Young
Nigeria's oldest priest dies aged 104
nigeria’s oldest catholic priest has died at the age of 104. monsignor thomas oleghe, born in 1920, served as a priest for nearly 67 years, ...
Thomas Edwards
Ampleforth diary: by Peter Roberts
when i am out early on theatre square in front of ampleforth’s historic buildings, looking across the beautiful valley on the edge of the no...
Peter Roberts
'Christmas, A Message of Hope': a GB News special for the festive weekend
the fading of christian faith as a vital force in modern britain is nowhere more evident than in the broadcast media; its growing coarseness...
Niall Gooch
Why is a French Catholic archdiocese expelling the FSSP?
after 23 years in the archdiocese of dijon, in eastern france, the priests of the fraternity of st. peter (fssp) will be dismissed at the en...
Catholic News Agency
Cardinal Schönborn: Same-sex blessings "will not be denied"
a senior churchman in vienna and member of the vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, cardinal christoph schönborn, says he is “not happy with this s...
Staff Reporter
How a persecuted Dutch family found asylum in Poland
the fate of children takes a particular centre-stage in the gospels. jesus articulates ethics that warn in the starkest terms about the impo...
Gavin Ashenden
Joe Biden's abortion fightback continues
the us government is continuing its fightback against the supreme court and the decision in dobbs vs. jackson women’s health organization, w...
The Catholic Herald
The Passion(fruit) of St Swithin
what an amazingly versatile food an egg is. i well remember as a child the slogan of “go to work on an egg”, the very successful advertising...
Tessa Balfour
Indian death penalty for 'forced' religious conversion criticised by Church
the chief minister of the indian state of madhya pradesh has said his government would make a provision for the death penalty to punish what...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Instrumentum Laboris or Instrumentum Deceptionis?
the catholic church is indeed in serious need of renewal. but when has the church not been? the task for each generation is one of discernme...
Gavin Ashenden
Bronchitis forces Pope to move meetings indoors
due to a fresh bout of bronchitis, pope francis has decided to move his official meetings to his residence for the rest of the week. “due to...
Elise Allen
Dominican in the kitchen: some theology served with a side of fine trifle
trifles are one of my favourite things. given that i’m often faced with the task of mass catering, trifles are the easiest of puddings. they...
Albert Robertson OP
Italy and the Catholic Church still riven by pernicious politics of memory
rome – italy’s february 10 “day of remembrance” is worth giving more consideration to than might seem immediately obvious to the non-italian...
John L Allen
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