Catholic Church

friends and colleagues of the distinguished lawyer sir louis blom-cooper will have been puzzled by the opening sentence of his recent obitua...

Richard Ingrams

i recently took gilda away for a few days in norfolk. gilda’s not my wife, she’s my green mini cooper, and she just loves the open country. ...

Tim Stanley

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, november 4: the 31st sunday of the year dt 6:2-6; ps 18; heb 7:23-28; mk 12:28b-34 monday, nove...

The Catholic Herald

a friend of mine recently spoke to a religious who worked in the underground church in china. this religious says he has received reports of...

Fr Dominic Allain

✣ highlights from the week online sodano: influential and controversial “when it comes to vatican scandals, a few names tend to surface ever...

Staff writers

✣ speculation swirls over ousted memphis bishop what happened? pope francis has dismissed bishop martin holley from the diocese of memphis, ...

Staff writers

on november 26, 1971, the front page of the universe informed its readers as follows: as from this sunday, the first in advent, it is forbid...

Joseph Shaw

living on the aventine hill, i’m always fascinated by the hundreds of people who come to the piazza dei cavalieri di malta to peer through t...

Fra’ Ian Scott

writing about angels might seem to be a displacement activity, given the world’s myriad problems and the church’s own internal difficulties....

Francis Phillips

cryptic across 3 attraction of one from a 60’s soul band? (10) 7 diverse views of two students in the group (4) 8 african, one believing in ...

Alun Evans