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On Pilgrimage With: Peter Stanford

where would you go?   i was fortunate, a few years ago, to pay a very brief visit to lalibela. i was on a work trip as a journalis...

Avarice and apathy: Post Office scandal reveals a loveless culture in need of Catholic virtue

the new year in the uk began with a scandal that has been described as the “worst’ or “most widespread” miscarriage of justice in british hi...

In the face of calls to abolish, the Church must remember clerical celibacy is a gift from God

there are many angles from which to analyse clerical celibacy today and the suggestions by some that it's high time to end the practice. i w...

Fr David Howell

Unexpected Santander Angelus amid echoes of Covid mania

in the bottom-left corner of the cathedral's nave an old priest sat on a wooden chair with a shawl wrapped around his shoulders against the ...

French Bishops’ Conference backs Fiducia Supplicans and its 'generosity'

rome – days after nine french prelates announced they would not authorise to blessings to same-sex couples as requested by the recent vatica...

Peeling vegetables in Ukraine under the auspices of Just War Theory: a young Catholic volunteer reflects

towards the end of last year, i made the decision to travel to ukraine to spend over a week in the city of lviv to help with the ukrainian w...

AnthonyRodrigues

Pope Benedict XVI’s top aide speaks candidly about the historic resignation

rome – pope benedict xvi’s long-time private secretary, german archbishop georg gänswein, spent the feast of the epiphany at a small parish ...

St Thomas Becket's shrine has a fine and sacred story: Now they (literally) dance around his grave

canterbury cathedral is set to host the latest anglian gimmick. scarcely a month seems to go by in the united kingdom without a small scanda...

Watts of Westminster: a truly English firm with a 150-year legacy of crafting the beauty of holiness

cecilia rexworthy introduces the work of watts & co as the firm celebrates its 150th anniversary. if you wander past westminster abbey, ...

Cecilia Rexworthy

Cardinal Sarah finally speaks out on Fiducia Supplicans

cardinal robert sarah has given his first in-depth and public interview on  fiducia supplicans , the controversial new document on same...

Radio Maria and the biggest daily parish in the UK

simon caldwell meets the young priest who runs a catholic radio station from a priory in north london. fr toby lees, a young dominican pries...

Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf contemplates diaconate after conversion to Catholic faith

hollywood movie star shia labeouf is contemplating whether to become a deacon after his recent reception into the catholic church. the trans...

Why would women want to be Catholic priests when they can be Saints instead

the leaders of the german synodal way decided to make waves in 2023 by leaving biblical theology and anthropology at the door and endorsing ...

African bishops rebuke political leaders for 'multiple failures' across continent

yaoundè, cameroon – in offering hopes and prayers for a better 2024, the catholic bishops of africa delivered a largely searing judgment abo...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

'England and The Papacy in the Early Middle Ages', by Benjamin Savill

england and the papacy in the early middle ages benjamin savill oxford university press, £83, 352 pages relations between england and the pa...

Did the King's speech bode well for his faithful subjects in 2024, a year that could prove momentous?

in the spirit of apocalyptic optimism, political pundits are prophesying not so much doom rather a great deal of civic excitement for this n...

New UK director of Word on Fire hopes to set Britain on fire

katherine bennett talks to brenden thompson, the new uk director of word on fire, about establishing the ministry here. in the nowhere place...

Katherine Bennett

On the ground with a movement raising the crucifix across the French countryside

last year across france an average of  one crucifix each day was restored by sos calvaires, a flourishing apostolate of young french ca...

The charms of a Tuscan Christmas

thanks to renaissance art, tuscany looks like everyone’s idea of christmas. the sheep still huddle in groups on the open hillsides, and are ...

John Martin Robinson

Rift widens over gay blessings as Hungarian bishops reject them but Indian cardinal says yes

india’s most senior cardinal has defended fiducia supplicans - the controversial new vatican text approving non-liturgical blessings for sam...

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