Catholic Church

Banning sport on Sunday isn't a 'war on athletics'

archbishop allen vigneron issued a new policy last week banning sports games and practices on sundays in catholic schools in the archdiocese...

Germany's 'church strike' puts its bishops in an awkward position

a women’s strike led by a dissident catholic group has sparked actions across germany. the maria 2.0 group, which uses an image of the bless...

How the South African Church is going to hold Ramaphosa to account

south africa’s 2019 general election was in many ways unsurprising. the ruling african national congress (anc) won a majority, albeit the sm...

Claire Mathieson

My plea to Cardinal Nichols: support your cathedral's great choir

for more than a century the liturgy in westminster cathedral has given inspiration and joy to hundreds of thousands of worshippers from all ...

Heretic of the week: John Wesley

john wesley (1703-1791) was a cleric of the church of england who unintentionally founded his own denomination. born to the rev samuel wesle...

Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0594

cryptic across 5 defeated by david, is zerah dead? (9) 8 ‘god zone’ is marginalized by americans (4) 9 native american, a popular author, un...

Mass is more than remembrance: it makes the Resurrection present now

here is the collect for the sixth sunday of easter in the ordinary form, which was glued together from bits of prayers from ancient sacramen...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Salvation is a gift, not an achievement

sixth sunday of easter acts 15:1-2 & 22-29; rev 21:10-14 & 22-23; jn 14:23-29 (year c) "some men came from judaea and taught the bro...

Bishop David McGough

Why was Britain's elite willing to swallow Hitler's lies?

appeasing hitler by tim bouverie bodley head, 512pp, £20/$25 "not another book on hitler," you protest. “can there be anything more to say?”...

An island of saints and scholars seized by technocrats and wonks

my father left me ireland by michael brendan dougherty sentinel, 240pp, £20/$24 "you leave. i cry.” with these four words, michael brendan d...