Catholic Church

A magnificent show on the banks of the Seine: When the English spoke French

if fancy takes you to paris in the next few months – the fires will probably be out by then – then don’t miss the chance to visit the magnif...

Arabella Illingworth

Revisiting Guernica

i have recently returned from a pilgrimage of the “i’ve-been-there-before” variety to guernica. the town suffers from an odd problem in that...

William Stirling James

EXCLUSIVE: I'm here to enforce the 'recent' Magisterium, says Archbishop Fernández

rome – pope francis’s new top theological advisor has attempted to reassure voices in the united states and elsewhere who’ve questioned his ...

Poetry about walking the Camino

nick ripatrazone reflects on a tender and attentive book of illuminating poetry documenting the journey to santiago de compostela nick maion...

Nick Ripatrazone

Pope's new orthodoxy chief hits out at critics of his book about kissing

the new head of a major vatican department has defended a controversial book he wrote about kissing when he was a young priest. argentine ar...

Bishop Álvarez released from prison

the nicaraguan regime has released a catholic bishop jailed earlier this year for 26 years on treason charges connected with his use of soci...

Enjoying tango and church music

even a resolute republican would have been impressed by one essential aspect of king charles’s coronation: its delirious abundance of great ...

The untold tale of Tolkien's faith

fr michael ward on a new book exploring the writer’s spiritual side. i became a catholic in no small part because of jrr tolkien. raised as ...

Fr Michael Ward

Thousands attend 'Rally for Life' in Dublin

over 10,000 people attended the all-ireland ' rally for life ' in dublin on saturday, which served as a reminder to the irish gove...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

On Pilgrimage With: Emma Edwards

where would you go?  to sénanque, in provence, in its quiet valley right in the centre of the luberon. it’s the place made famous by al...