Catholic Church

the current craze for “cosy” crime fiction is illustrated by the massive success of writers such as richard osman and the revd richard coles...

Martin Edward

rome – at year’s end, it’s standard journalistic practice to look back at the most important stories of the past 12 months. since plenty of ...

John L Allen

on 15 june 1994, an exhibition opened at london’s victoria and albert museum devoted to the life and work of augustus welby northmore pugin....

Paul Atterbury

mumbai, india – at least 17 houses belonging to the christian tripura community were allegedly set ablaze on christmas eve night in bandarba...

Nirmala Carvalho

christmas afternoon at last; finally a lull in proceedings in which to share a quiet moment with our readers. the holy father has delivered ...

Serenhedd James

the 11 a.m. mass at st. mary's pro-cathedral in dublin was disrupted by a pro-palestinian protest on sunday. videos circulating online show ...

Thomas Edwards

the lord mayor of westminster is to become a papal knight – the highest single honour that can be bestowed on a lay catholic by the vatican....

The Catholic Herald

jonathan roberts was known as “the knight of the stihl”, after his beloved german tractor mower that he spent hours on mowing the grass of o...

William Cash

the subject of tainted money has broken out on to the public stage once again. not long ago the then archbishop justin welby had become conv...

Gavin Ashenden

sri lankan cardinal malcolm ranjith of colombo has tried to ban girls from serving as altar servers in his archdiocese, on the grounds that ...

Elise Allen