Life

Normal for Norfolk?: Churches, bike rides, Communion, and skateboards

struggling to settle, a skateboarding sister and first communions. why are you here? the question i am asked so frequently is posed not with...

Dickensian levels of poverty still exist today

there are few, if any, authors more firmly associated with christmas than charles dickens. he may not have been, as the movie suggests, the ...

Cardinal Dolan’s New York Post Op/Ed Decries Vandalism of St. Patrick’s

timothy cardinal dolan wrote an op-ed to the new york post january 5, decrying the defacement of st. patrick cathedral on new year’s day. in...

Sin City gets new Catholic parish that could be ‘shining light for the Church’

st. john paul ii parish is the first new parish to open in las vegas since the (in)famous city of casinos and theatrical shows was elevated ...

Synodality, 'Instrumentum Laboris' and the culture wars

it was forty years ago that i walked into an anglican communion service in canada and encountered my first anglican woman priest in the litu...

Cardinal Nichols makes 'Loyal Address' to King Charles ahead of coronation

cardinal vincent nichols has given a “loyal address” to king charles iii ahead of his coronation in may. the archbishop of westminster and p...

Home schooling is worth the effort: it protects children's bodies and souls – it can make them smart too

the only people involved in a child’s education who have an overview of the whole process, from babyhood to adulthood, and who truly know th...

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

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

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...

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

Marijuana harms everyone, warn North Dakota bishops

north dakota’s catholic bishops are urging catholics to vote "no" on a state ballot proposal that would legalise marijuana for recreational ...

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 ...

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...

Death and dishonour in the Docklands

housed inside an old georgian sugar warehouse, the museum of london docklands serves as a salutary reminder of the power and ambition of the...

The unshakable Catholic Faith of Ethel Kennedy – through all of it

“introspection, i hate it,” was the watchword of ethel kennedy, the widow of robert f.  kennedy, who spent her life looking forward and...

The violent absurdities of American presidential politics

it’s going to be a long, hot summer in the united states. heated rhetoric from the two major presidential candidates, their surrogates and p...

Pope Francis adds feast of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus to Church calendar

vatican city, feb 2, 2021 / 06:00 am mt ( cna ) .- pope francis on tuesday added the memorial of sts. mary, martha, and lazarus to the gener...

Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican preparing text for divorced and remarried couples, Cardinal Farrell says

the vatican’s dicastery for the laity, family, and life is preparing a document that will address divorced and remarried couples at the requ...

Northern Ireland Executive call for independent victim-centred investigation of Mother and Baby homes and Magdalene Laundries

the northern ireland executive in stormont has ordered an independent investigation into northern ireland's mother and baby homes, after the...

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