Catholic Church

sunday september 15 is home mission sunday in england and wales. it’s a day to pray for the church’s mission, and there’s a second collectio...

Staff writers

what happened? divisions are growing over next month’s amazon synod, with one cardinal warning of “a situation never before seen in the chur...

Staff writers

as pope francis celebrated mass on sunday he looked out on a congregation of up to a million people. many of them had slept overnight on the...

The Catholic Herald

miguel de molinos (1628-1696) was a spanish priest renowned as the founder of the quietist heresy. trained at a jesuit school and ordained i...

Charles Coulombe

cryptic across 5 chap in desert mob checked for jerusalem court (9) 8 authorized version, in jude, it’s odd in there’s a sense that it’s bee...

Alun Evans

the media is full of apocalyptic news of fires in the “lungs” of the world and discussion of the bleak future we face if this unprecedented ...

Fr Dominic Allain

the two powers by brett edward whalen university of pennsylvania press, 328pp, £70/$80 pope gregory ix (1227-1241) may not be among the most...

James Baresel

confronting religious violence edited by richard a burridge and jonathan sacks scm press, 280pp, £25/$29.95 how do you solve a problem like ...

Jonathan Wright

as netflix originals’ the family tells it, the national prayer breakfast held annually in washington, dc, is the brainchild of a decades-old...

Carl Curtis

born in north battleford, saskatchewan, to gaelic-speaking parents from cape breton, nova scotia, alistair macleod returned with his family ...

David Staines