Catholic Church

bohemian-czech native jan hus (1369-1415) is widely considered a forerunner of the protestant revolt. in 1393 he received his ba from the un...

Charles Coulombe

may is the month of our lady, and it is nearly impossible to visit a church, especially for mass, and remain oblivious to the outpouring of ...

The Catholic Herald

the perfect is the enemy of the good, it is said. so in a perfect world there would be many multiples of the 5,000 people who turned out for...

Fr Dominic Allain

the collect for the fifth sunday of easter was not in a previous edition of the roman missal. omnipotens sempiterne deus, semper in nobis pa...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

fifth sunday of easter acts 14:21-27; rev 21:1-5; jn 13:31-35 (year c) “paul and barnabas, on their arrival at antioch, assembled the church...

Bishop David McGough

those who think that praying for priests is part of our ordinary duty demanded by christian charity should look at the state of the church t...

Francis Phillips

in january 1972, aretha franklin travelled to los angeles to join her good friend pastor james cleveland and the southern california communi...

Deal Hudson

when les murray received an honorary d litt degree from the university of new england in 1990, he began his acceptance speech in an unusual ...

Karl Schmude

letter of the week a saint's plea to a young shakespeare sir – joseph pearce (arts, may 10) writes of the jesuit martyr st robert southwell ...

The Catholic Herald

‘next time you invade italy, don’t start at the bottom.” that was the post-war puckish advice to a british officer from the german general i...

Allan Mallinson