Catholic Church

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

it was thursday 18 august, 2005, and we were on the banks of the rhine in cologne. hand in hand, my friend and i had run, squealing, back an...

Margaret Nicholson

as the latest pew research census has shown that the catholic church is haemorrhaging people to pentecostalism in south america, it has to p...

Gavin Ashenden

snow really does bring out my inner imp. i’ve known it in wales, in london, in oxford, in the united states – the impulse to mischief has al...

Serenhedd James

i have a wonderful friend called anna whom i met at my local church about two years ago. i was new to the area and it was my first time at m...

Olenka Hamilton

on the solemnity of mary, mother of god, mother winsome sbvm reflects on the ups and downs of the community life that she has led since she ...

Mother Winsome

alex dimminger (kneeling, in orange) was the youth delegate for the diocese of east anglia during benedict xvi’s visit to the united kingdom...

Alex Dimminger

the archbishop of westminster, cardinal vincent nichols, has issued the following statement on the death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. "i a...

The Catholic Herald

it is anomalous that joseph ratzinger—who was pope benedict xvi from 2005 to 2013, and afterwards pope emeritus until his death at the vatic...

The Catholic Herald

the catholic church is today mourning the death today of pope emeritus benedict xvi. the 95-year-old german former pope died at 9.34 am loca...

Simon Caldwell