Catholic Church

"go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature”: the bible is consistent in its message that it is our duty to spread the wo...

Constance Watson

by john and anne duddington we all know the story of the paralytic man brought to jesus as told in mark 2:1-4. however, if we read it carefu...

John Duddington

when prince harry recently spoke about his own mental health in the wake of his mother’s death, i wondered if the therapist and writer julia...

Rachel Kelly

polite society during my parents’ lifetime deemed that nice people did not discuss politics or religion when guests were present. “how stuff...

Mary Kenny

the city of oxyrhynchus is in central egypt, south of cairo, west of the nile, and bears its greek name from the time of alexander the great...

Michael Duggan

the initial wave of faith-based movies – those medium-to-low budget dramas boosted by evangelical word of mouth – diminished quickly in the ...

Mike McCahill

catholicism runs right through the writing of jimmy mcgovern. sometimes it’s a seam of gold, other times it’s poison. the movie priest (1994...

Tim Stanley

the burning time by virginia rounding, macmillan, £20 as a child, deeply affected by stories of vampires and suchlike, i once tapped the wis...

Simon Caldwell

catholicism: a very short introduction by gerald o’collins (oxford university press, £7.99) . this is a fully updated, second edition of thi...

Staff writers

‘lenty, penty, crucy, lucy” is the mnemonic doggerel by which we remember the ember. the ember day observances of the traditional liturgical...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf