Catholic Church

Persecution has brought America’s Catholics and Jews together

The reaction to the Pittsburgh shooting shows the strong ties between the two communities

Michael Warren Davis

The Byzantine Jesuit who stood up to Moscow

Fr Robert Taft was a rare figure in Rome who spoke up for persecuted Ukrainian Catholics

Fr Raymond de Souza

The poet who saw the sacramental in everyday life

Gerard Manley Hopkins’s conversion did not lead him to write conventional religious verse

Francis Phillips

English Catholics criticise Vatican-China deal

A long-serving MP and a former Member of the European Parliament are among names who have condemned the agreement

Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/11/18

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Even amid attempts at revolution, Rome remains the same

Visiting the Eternal City feels like a kind of homecoming

Matthew Schmitz

Did anti-Catholicism increase First World War casualties?

Senior commanders were suspicious of the Church's peace efforts, and of Catholic soldiers

Allan Mallinson

Omnium Gatherum

the terrible first world war ended at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918. this sunday marks the 100th anniversary of armistice day...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

A visionary defence of married love

charlie hegarty hails a brave minority voice from 1968 the encyclical humanae vitae by dietrich von hildebrand, hildebrand press, 136pp, £8....

Charlie Hegarty

A military order that survived covetous kings

piers paul read on how the knights hospitaller adjusted to the post-crusades era the knights hospitaller in great britain by michael hodges,...

Piers Paul Read