Catholic Church

Christians can believe in miracles

on february 11 the church keeps the feast of our lady of lourdes, commemorating the day in 1858 when the 14-year-old bernadette soubirous ha...

Fr Robert Verrill OP

‘His heart beat with the love of Christ’

rome and the world bid farewell to cardinal george pell, as close to a thousand mourners from across the globe, including cardinals and arch...

Encountering two real-life Vicar of Dibleys – am I a religious snob?

about a year ago i made the rather (in retrospect) strange decision to put my name forward to become a local community councillor. it’s a lo...

Olenka Hamilton

The hope of the Church: Benedict XVI and the path to recovery

in 1969, while he was a professor of theology at the university of regensburg, fr joseph ratzinger gave a radio address in germany, asking “...

When Anglican architects built Catholic churches

as a general rule in the 19th century, and to a slightly lesser extent afterwards, anglican churches tended to be built by anglican architec...

The American playwright Christopher Durang may help us understand

the news that the american catholic playwright christopher durang has been diagnosed with aphasia and is retiring from theatrical activity m...

Is it time to set up a suitable sanctuary for our few remaining relics?

the queues for the relics of st bernadette last autumn were somewhat shorter than for the earthly remains of queen elizabeth ii. the impress...

Lucien de Guise

Patrick Kavanagh: Poet in the twilight

‘every old man i see / in october-coloured weather / seems to say to me: ‘i was once your father’.” wake forest university press – as part o...

Nick Ripatrazone

Letter from the Editor: Remembering Benedict XVI at Cambridge

the deaths of pope emeritus benedict xvi and cardinal george pell have been great losses to those who remain faithful to traditional catholi...

How Bruce Springsteen helped me grieve for my father

in the late summer and early autumn of 2021, i knew my father was approaching his last days on this earth.  inspired by the soothi...