Catholic Church

in 1969, the swiss jesuit herbert haag published goodbye to the devil, an argument that satan was merely a metaphor. along with two american...

Matthew Schmitz

notre-dame has been saved from total ruin by the firefighters. the principal relics and works of art were saved too. commendable bravery all...

Fr Raymond de Souza

i’m back in transylvania. at csíksomlyó they are replanting the gardens and extending the car parks ready for pope francis’s visit on june 1...

Petroc Trelawny

the spanish church wished “light and strength” to premier pedro sánchez after his socialist party took a strong lead in sunday’s election, a...

Jonathan Luxmoore

the mercury was touching 40°c (104°f) and the air so humid i felt like a wet towel seconds after stepping out of the car. yet still hundreds...

Ned Donovan

‘the nones have it.” so goes the conventional wisdom on american religiosity. we’re told that those who identify with the faith of “none” – ...

Michael Warren Davis

scientists are calling for fresh tests on the turin shroud after a paper challenged a previous finding that it dated from the middle ages. t...

Jane Stannus

the talk last week was all about the impending reform of the roman curia, to be accomplished – on paper, at any rate – by way of an apostoli...

Christopher R. Altieri

washington dc project launches to tackle abuse crisis a new initiative has been launched at the catholic university of america with the goal...

Staff writers

"pope francis is happy with benedict xvi’s profound analysis" cardinal müller says the popes agree on the abuse crisis first things "until t...

Staff writers