Catholic Church

the society of st vincent de paul (known in the us as the svdp) is one of america’s most beloved catholic charities. it has specialised in t...

Jane Stannus

in a few weeks' time the high court will hear an application from the parents of tafida raqeeb, a five-year-old muslim girl in a semi-comato...

Simon Caldwell

as spring 2019 turned into summer, journalists, media relations professionals and communications experts gathered for four days in st peters...

Christopher R. Altieri

"it is necessary not only to eliminate the nuclear threat by abolishing nuclear weapons, but at the same time to make all people richer in a...

Staff writers

bad news for sacristans this week: we could be facing an incense crisis, as the number of boswellia trees plummets. as a report in the churc...

Staff writers

what cathedral installations reveal at father ed’s blog, fr ed tomlinson asked why anglican cathedrals are putting tourist attractions in th...

Staff writers

august 27 is the feast of st monica, the mother of st augustine, whose prayers did so much to bring about his conversion. the diocese of wil...

Staff writers

what happened? chinese clergy are coming under renewed pressure, despite the vatican’s attempts to find a middle ground, according to report...

Staff writers

we often hear biblical scholars speak of god’s self-emptying in the incarnation, of christ’s burying himself into anonymity, and of god’s pa...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

today he is little remembered. but admiral sir henry harwood made a crucial early contribution during the second world war: he injected a vi...

David Twiston Davies