Catholic Church

the co-cathedral of the diocese of pensacola-tallahassee was damaged by fire wednesday, with several of the chairs in the sanctuary set abla...

Catholic News Agency

pope francis has appointed a delegate to oversee the pastoral care of lourdes pilgrims. honduran bishops have issued a message expressing gr...

Luke Coppen

i was chatting to my sister not long ago on the topic of brexit and the eu (what else is there to talk about these days?) and pointed out th...

Francis Phillips

joanna southcott (1750-1814) was born in devon to a small farming family. she went into service at a gentleman’s house in exeter and worked ...

Charles Coulombe

cryptic across 3 a gumboil not treated here is the end for saul (5,6) 7 first to come from ancient synagogues in a region around ephesus (4)...

Alun Evans

ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, june 9 : pentecost acts 2:1-11; ps 104; 1 cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; jn 20:19-23 monday, june 10 : mary...

The Catholic Herald

the church is about to enter 34 weeks of “ordinary time”. but “ordinary” doesn’t have to mean boring or run-of-the-mill. catholics can, if t...

The Catholic Herald

it was only recently that i discovered the servant of god don dolindo ruotolo, a neapolitan priest and a franciscan tertiary, through his be...

Fr Dominic Allain

on the hebrew shavuot or greek pentekosté the jews commemorated the descent of god’s law on mount sinai, wreathed in fire, 50 days after the...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

jane haining: a life of love and courage by mary miller birlinn, 240pp, £14.99/$20 we know, hear, think and speak a lot about the horrors of...

Allan Massie