Catholic Church

How to prepare children for greatness and save them from technology

it used to be that children were given a key to the door when they reached 21 years of age. the giving of this key signified adulthood and i...

Katherine Bennett

Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish: a little corner of Italy in the Bronx

on a grey, rainy january day, the fordham road section of new york’s bronx district isn't exactly inviting, but the smile on father fredy pa...

Is there another Islamic agenda behind the national Muslim war memorial to the brave soldiers who died for us during two world wars?

timing is everything.  the chancellor of the exchequer has announced that the government will fund a  national war memorial  ...

A 'moment of heaven': Forty Hours Adoration at the Brompton Oratory

on tuesday i went to heaven. i go there once a year. the opening night on 12 march of the brompton oratory’s annual  forty hours adorat...

Only Jesus offers us a glorified body, not transhumanism and visions of a technological human future

the season of lent in which we find ourselves once more is a time to prepare for easter, the high point of the liturgical year in which we c...

Fr Robert Verrill OP

West England and the Diocese of Clifton have a new bishop

the diocese of clifton has a new bishop as of 14 march 2024. pope francis has appointed rev. canon bosco macdonald as the tenth bishop of cl...

The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Parolin backs Pope over Ukraine and negotiation, citing 'real' risks of nuclear escalation

rome – vatican secretary of state italian cardinal pietro parolin has defended pope francis’s recent remarks suggesting that ukraine step ba...

Sacrament of Confession under threat in Hong Kong from Chinese security law

the confidentiality of the sacrament of confession could be under threat in hong kong due to a new national security law that the chinese go...

The Catholic Herald

Northern Ireland's evangelical Catholics reveal a ‘more varied and complex’ religious situation

the significant number of evangelical catholics in northern ireland stands out in a recent survey conducted for the  evangelical allian...

DeclanMcSweeney

Following the difficult path of prayer in a fallen world

prayer is a difficult path to follow in a fallen world and in the midst of an increasingly secular and technological society.  the odds...

Fr Jeffrey Kirby C