Catholic Church

Donations to Peter's Pence papal charities slump by 15 per cent in a year

donations to peter’s pence fell by around 15 per cent in 2021, the vatican has announced. in an interview with vatican news, father juan a. ...
CNA Staff

The unique challenge of a Catholic education

before i meet paul stubbings, head of the cardinal vaughan memorial school in west london, i read a preview of the latest ofsted inspection ...
Gertrude Clarke

Lessons that remain forever fresh

eighty years after st edmund campion was martyred at tyburn, father henry more – the great-grandson of st thomas more – visited the north of...
Simon Caldwell

Baddesley Clinton

baddesley clinton lies some eight miles to the north of warwick, in the forest of arden. the beautiful moated manor house dating from the 14...
Michael Hodges

Selective reading

i remember reading somewhere recently – i’m afraid i forget where – the claim that the catholic church has, for the last 2,000 years, been t...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Faith amidst the ruins

deep in the iraqi desert, near the highway leading to the saudi arabian border, lie the ruins of al-qusair church, the oldest church in iraq...
Tom Westcott

My road to Mount Athos

the sun was setting to the west as i stood upon a vantage point known to the byzantine residents of constantinople as hagios demetrios. it w...
Mark Jenkins

Crisis of disunity threatens German Church

in his fascinating interview with karl gustel wärnberg in this issue , cardinal gerhard müller, former prefect for the congregation for the ...
The Catholic Herald

Lost your bottle? Turn to Mary

last saturday, i found myself – not for the first time and definitely not for the last – at a hen party. the minute you turn 30, hen parties...
Constance Watson

Diary: Finding the right church in the Big Apple

i had never lived in new york city before i moved to manhattan in 2018. it was daunting to come as a fully formed adult with a 14-year-old c...
Janine di Giovanni