Catholic Church

Saint of the week: Germaine Cousin (June 15)

a difficult beginning germaine cousin died in 1601 at the age of 22, and is the patroness of abuse victims, ugly people and the abandoned. f...
Staff Reporter

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, june 11 : most holy trinity ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; 2 cor 13:11-13; jn 3:16-18...
The Catholic Herald

Pastor Iuventus

what seminarians need in a spiritual director i recently discovered the delights of malta for the first time, with a certain sense of frustr...
Pastor Iuventus

Pictures of the week

1 two founding members of the app-based business espressgo meet senior pupils from the marist school in sunninghill, berkshire. 2 lilia midd...
The Catholic Herald

Bishop's engagements

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun: celebration of mass for the golden jubilee at st gabriel of our lady of sorrows catholic church, st john...
The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0494

cryptic across 5 sewer’s blocked at the end, with bad weather to come (5) 6 arm against english riposte (5) 8 rainforest’s struggle to survi...
Alun Evans

The seamless garment

john of the cross teaches that within spirituality and morality there are no exempt areas. simply put, you cannot be a saint or a highly mor...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Spokesman for Jesuit chief: Devil remarks must be read in context

Asked whether Fr Sosa believed the Devil was an individual, the spokesman said he believes what the Church believes
Staff Reporter

Martyrdoms that could rival any horror film

Virginia Rounding's account of Henry VIII's sadism is unremittingly gory but scholarly and well-written, says Simon Caldwell
Simon Caldwell

The friars shaking up internet radio

From a cramped studio in Hampshire, Franciscan friars are serving up prayer, ethical debate and even a comedy drama
Constance Watson