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Bishop-elect of Liverpool said life flashed before his eyes when he learned of his appointment
a liverpool priest has described how he saw his life was flashing before his eyes like “a drowning man” the moment he was told that p...
Simon Caldwell
Can prayer and fasting actually make any difference when it comes to abortion?
are we facing our own "1967 moment"? the upcoming threat of total decriminalisation of abortion alongside attempts to legalise euthanasia ho...
Clare McCullough
A beast born of Newman’s end times theology
what a privilege it was to publish my debut novel, the beast of bethulia park, on september 30. of all the days of the christian calendar, i...
Simon Caldwell
Persecution of Christians prompts rights groups to urge U.S. to treat Nigeria as 'country of concern'
us president joe biden is facing demands from human rights groups to formally recognise the religious persecution of christians in nigeria. ...
Simon Caldwell
Kate Forbes has made the catastrophic mistake of admitting to being a Christian
it is fantastic when a christian politician with orthodox views on human sexuality runs for leadership of a political party as it means that...
Laura Perrins
Don't rush to claim Syria's Christians are safe – we're dealing with Islamists in a volatile situation
view post “syria is free,” according to washington post columnist josh rogan. “the rebels won. the people liberated themselves from tyranny,...
Georgia L. Gilholy
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with sexual assault in Wisconsin
former cardinal theodore mccarrick has been criminally charged with fourth-degree sexual assault in wisconsin for an incident that allegedly...
Joe Bukuras
Vatican calls for end to 'killer robots' arms race
rome – the vatican is calling for an international ban on killer robots used in wars in ukraine and gaza. the vatican is backing new restric...
The Catholic Herald
Heart speaks to heart: Benedict XVI's theological debt to Newman
by his own admission, the high point of the papacy of pope benedict xvi was his beatification of st john henry newman in cofton park, birmin...
Simon Caldwell
Pope turns to female theologians for advice on women’s roles in Church
rome – after completing a massive overhaul of the roman curia in 2022, pope francis has turned his attention to the topic of women as part o...
Elise Allen
St Vincent’s School for the visually impaired: Seeing things differently
john patterson introduces the important work of st vincent’s school for the visually impaired in liverpool. the holy father calls on us to r...
John Patterson
Gathering up the fragments: responses to faith and leftovers
at the feeding of the five thousand, jesus miraculously transformed five loaves and two fish into so much food that – even after the huge cr...
Dr Eleanor Barnett
The Coptic Martyrs
pope francis’s recognition of the 21 killed by daesh as martyrs is a welcome theological and ecumenical development says hugh somerville kna...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
‘Conservative’ and ‘orthodox’ priests on the rise, says major survey
the new analysis of a study that claims to be the largest national survey of catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found, amo...
CNA Staff
Breakspear: The English Pope, by RAJ Waddingham
breakspear: the english pope raj waddingham the history press, £25, 304 pages after a few years of any papacy it inevitably happens: people ...
Ben Stephens
Comedy and the Christian Faith: Appreciating Jesus’s humour gives us a new perspective
one day long ago, in the 1970s, i remember listening to the fusty old lord chancellor, lord hailsham, on radio 4. years later i read a novel...
Gavin Ashenden
Why we need to turn to Eucharistic Adoration to find hope
when pope francis announced the jubilee for 2025, he said “we must fan the flame of hope that has been given us.” he explai...
Archbishop John Wilson
Video: 'Are you praying for unborn children?' police ask Catholic woman
a police officer has interrogated a woman outside an abortion clinic for silent prayer, saying, “are you praying for the lives of unborn chi...
The Catholic Herald
Keeping body and soul together in Bangkok and Singapore
singapore is abuzz with anticipation of the forthcoming papal visit; i was there in june, during a couple of weeks in the far east. last tim...
Serenhedd James
Samurai Takayama: should he become Japan's first samurai saint, or was he more sinner?
the mysterious vetting process takes at least five years and is one of the catholic church's best kept secrets. but, somewhere in the vatica...
John Cookson
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