Catholic Church

Ordinations increase in France as country continues to buck secular trends

the number of french priests being ordained in 2024 has exceeded 2023's numbers as france continues to baffle when it comes to secular trend...
James Jeffrey

Archdiocese of St. Louis releases report on clergy's use of slaves

the archdiocese of st. louis has released a report into the use of slavery among its clergy during the pre-civil war era. the report identif...
johnlavenburg

Bicentenary of first sermon by one of the greatest preachers in modern times: St John Henry Newman

two hundred years ago, on wednesday 23 june 1824, john henry newman preached his first sermon. not in oxford but seventeen miles north in th...
Paul Shrimpton

Churches and synagogues targeted in terrorist attack in southern Russia

two orthodox churches and two synagogues were targeted in what appears to have been a coordinated terrorist attack in southern russia timed ...
The Catholic Herald

On the Record: recommended listening for Corpus Christi and Ss Peter & Paul

proclaimed before the gospel on the feast of corpus christi, lauda sion is one of the four medieval sequences that remain in annual use. the...
Alex Hodgkinson

Pope pays respects to his late confessor and praises Franciscan order

at the weekend the pope made an unexpected trip across rome to pay his respects to a franciscan priest who died last week and had been the p...
Crux Staff

‘Little Englishmen’ in Portugal: a new book about the English College at Lisbon

the english college at lisbon 1622-1972 , by simon johnson gracewing, £25, 272 pages the relationship between britain and portugal is often ...
Deacon Stephen Morgan

Across the Thames: a new book about Southwark but not much about its Catholics

liberty over london bridge: a history of the people of southwark by margaret willes yale university press, £20, 304 pages the dead are inter...
Andrew Cusack

The new Britain: UK prepares for a landmark election

the outcome of the uk’s coming general election seems not to be in doubt; the only question is the size of the labour majority. rishi sunak’...
The Catholic Herald

Where to eat after Mass: Igreja da Madalena, Lisbon, and Cervejaría Ramiro

this beautiful church in downtown lisbon, dedicated to st mary magdalene, has many attributes – among which is that it holds masses in engli...
Charles Pelham