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Pope appoints Welsh priest as new Bishop of East Anglia

pope francis has appointed a prominent welsh priest as the new bishop of east anglia. canon peter collins, a former vice rector of the royal...

Here's to St Bernard of Clairvaux: celebrating the Cistercians and their Chardonnay

there can be few men who have had a larger impact on civilisation with almost no fanfare than the great st bernard of clairvaux: a doctor of...

Pope Francis in Iraq: Mass at Chaldean Cathedral of St Joseph

pope francis presided over divine liturgy on saturday afternoon at the chaldean cathedral of baghdad, wearing chaldean vestments and attende...

Christopher Altieri

Diary: by Ed Stourton

my saturday afternoons begin with a quiet prayer of thanks for a lockdown legacy. in pre-pandemic days, i boarded a train for manchester at ...

No escape from the wind

the maiden of all our desires, a new historical novel by peter manseau, begins with a thrashing storm that “would become the stuff of bards’...

Nick Ripatrazone

Immerse yourself in a renaissance of artistic Catholic creativity

we are experiencing a new and exciting time of artistic creativity in catholicism – it extends to even the fusty basement of st mary moorfie...

Fiona Campbell Hicks

African king says meeting Pope ‘like a miracle’ after his ‘staff of power’ is blessed

a traditional african leader from a region of cameroon currently torn by conflict has described a 3 june meeting with pope francis in the va...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

Clinging to the Faith in Ireland

the closure of the franciscan friary in athlone is symptomatic of the wider loss of religion in ireland, says ronan doheny. in recent years,...

More to come

the god of surprises strikes again; i am spending the summer term as acting head of religious studies & liturgy at more house school, on...

Serenhedd James

Squabbling over the Old Rite

it’s been a while since the holy father dropped his hand grenade, the motu proprio traditionis custodes . as readers will know, this documen...

Pope says meditation is a way to encounter Christ

pope francis at his general audience address in the library of the apostolic palace march 17, 2021 / vatican media   at the general aud...

Fervent faith in fiddles: Heinrich Biber's genius

heinrich biber, a 17th- century bohemian catholic, took the psalmist’s exhortation to “sing unto the lord a new song” further than most othe...

Fire and blood at Pentecost

pentecost this year has been both bitter and sweet. it is always sweet. the promise of the holy spirit is the fuel of our love and our exper...

Faith calls for a conversion of heart, and Jesus shows us the way

the call to prayer involves our whole being. the moral aspects of our lives are not removed from our life of prayer. we can’t pray in one wo...

Fr Jeffrey Kirby C

The Warwick Street Chapel: A noble architectural survivor of anti-Catholic rioting, enemy action and liturgical trends

warwick street began its life as a chapel in 1724 when the portuguese ambassador came to live in golden square. under the treaty of utrecht ...

Pope names Archbishop Arthur Roche to Head Liturgy Congregation

pope francis has renewed the leadership of the congregation for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments (cdw), promoting the dic...

My appeal to end the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua

i would like to make an appeal to all people of good will to stand in support of the oppressed people of nicaragua, the land of my birth, wh...

Discovering the Gothic foundations of Faith

i can’t quite put my finger on it. when  was  the moment i was converted? was it after a friend, whose virtues stood as a witness ...

Living in fear of an oppressive regime

the china nexus:  thirty years in and around the chinese communist party’s tyranny  benedict rogers  optimum publishing, £18....

Pope discusses climate change with Nancy Pelosi as abortion storm rages in California

pope francis has met with house speaker nancy pelosi, the democrat politician often at the centre of controversy over her support for aborti...

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