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Divinity and practicality: Encountering God and all the affairs of human life in the psalms

while the psalms are the inspired word of god, they are also a forum for the human heart to cry out to god. as the catechism of the ca...

We learn to live in heaven by learning to live on earth

many years ago, a youngish academic asked me with some puzzlement what you were supposed to do if you converted to christianity. he was not ...

Can't beat the oldies: Nicene Creed tops online Lenten prayer campaign by Archdiocese of Southwark

an online lenten prayer campaign by the archdiocese of southwark is proving a roaring success and was seen by over 1.5 million social m...

‘The Road to Wild Wales’: BBC pilgrimage series returns to explore landscape of early Celtic saints

the north wales pilgrim’s way will feature in the sixth series of pilgrimage that returns to the bbc in march 2024, as&nb...

Yoga: What’s the problem with a bit of Downward Dog?

during the mid-2000s, there was a brief publishing trend for feel-good novels with folksy titles: salmon fishing in the yemen and a short hi...

Jesus's favourite reference when preaching: the Book of Psalms

Understanding Jesus's presence with 'wild beasts' in today's Gospel

"the spirit drove jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by satan. he was with the wild beasts,...

Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

a collective letter entitled “filial appeal” has gained the signatures of around 90 prominent clergymen, intellectuals and authors around th...

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

rome – pope francis told catholics to carve out a silent space for god amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private as h...

Finding hope in the desert: getting lost and discovering the way

the desert experience of the people of israel was a difficult time of testing and penance, of getting lost and discovering the way, as the l...

Pope St Leo the Great on keeping a Holy Lent

a reflection from pope st leo the great – sermon 46 : the right practise of abstinence is needful not only to the mortification of the flesh...

Argentina gets first female saint as Pope meets country’s brash populist leader

rome – pope francis and argentine president javier milei, a populist politician and a blunt contrarian who has made derogatory remarks about...

Where to eat after Mass at: St Patrick's, Soho Square

in this new column, food critic charles pelham writes about where to eat after mass, from london to lisbon . st patrick’s, soho square and m...

Oxford Oratory celebrates uptick in adults received into Catholic Church

the oxford oratory reports that an increase in adults seeking to be received into the catholic church means that it has had to start special...

US Catholic Leaders Survey 2024: Leading by example

the herald’s latest survey of us catholic leaders reveals how lay stewardship continues to shape the narrative of politics and education. tw...

'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...

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...

Brussels can feel like a city that has abandoned God

working and living in brussels can feel like finding yourself marooned in enemy territory. a friend who once worked there on human rights le...

Pilgrimage in a time of war: a view from the Holy Land as the conflict continues

children ride bicycles along a breakwater by the sea of galilee in january 2024 . getty images jerusalem - the sun was already starting to s...

Even Jesus needed downtime

A Divided Heart: how the pilgrim paths through Austria led me into the Church

the current appreciation of el camino , the pilgrim route to santiago de compostela, is the climb of the pyrenees from south-west france and...

The spirituality of Pax Aeterna

james davy finds respect and equality in the interplay between piano and plainsong in a new disc from pluscarden abbey. plainchant has an as...