Catholic Church

Curbs on Traditional Latin Mass 'broke Pope Benedict’s heart'

new curbs on the traditional latin mass “broke pope benedict’s heart”, according to his private secretary. archbishop georg gänswein, the cl...
Simon Caldwell

World leaders bid farewell to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

viktor orbán was among world leaders to visit st peter’s basilica in rome on tuesday, where he paid his respe cts to pope emeritus benedict ...
Diana Montagna

Benedict XVI and my vocation to the priesthood

no matter how inevitable or indeed no matter how unexpected, death has a powerful way of gripping the heart and bringing the mind into sharp...
Fr Paschal Uche

How will Pope Francis mark this year's significant anniversaries?

pope francis will face many challenges in 2023 – but it’s a year that also happens to be filled with significant anniversaries, including th...
Diana Montagna

New book on forgiveness through literature gives Catholics much to ponder

allow me to indulge in a public confession: of all the tenets of catholicism, the one i struggle with the most is forgiveness. we are called...
Nick Ripatrazone

Pasta: la vista - a History of the Italian food staple

on 1 april 1957, the bbc current affairs programme panorama presented a three-minute documentary item showing a swiss family, in t...
Jeremy Haselock

Benedict XVI: a teacher for the whole world

it was the morning of 19 april 2005, and i was in north carolina. i was a senior at duke divinity school and was in duke chapel with my spir...
Matthew Olver

English Victorian Churches: Architecture, Faith and Revival, by James Steven Curl

english victorian churches: architecture, faith and revival james stevens curl john hudson publishing, £50, 240 pages this handsome little b...
Michael Hodges

Father Brown and the Mystery of Chesterton

with due deference to the originator of the latest foray in to the world of father brown, i doubt many devotees of gk chesterton’s clerical ...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

The astronomy and astrology of the star of Bethlehem

before the 16th century, christians generally assumed that the star of bethlehem must have been some kind of astrological miracle. for insta...
Fr Robert Verrill OP