Catholic Church

the bbc is not the most self-critical of organisations but lord alton of liverpool and fr leo chamberlain of ampleforth have actually prevai...

Ann Widdecombe

greenville, south carolina, was not a place i knew before i came to america just over three-and-a-half years ago. it is a smart modern town ...

Fr James Bradley

when the board of the largest catholic university in britain tried to recruit francis campbell as its vice-chancellor in 2013, he was intent...

Amy-Jo Crowley

we need to pray for president-elect trump sir – the issue of abortion and the right to life of unborn children right across the western worl...

The Catholic Herald

like et, close encounters of the third kind, starman, independence day and a host of similar films over the past 30 years, arrival explores ...

Bishop Robert Barron

picking a favourite film from an entire year is generally a tricky task. but this time around, the job was a relatively simple one thanks to...

Will Gore

the time before you die by lucy beckett, ignatius press, £13.99 this superb historical novel, first published in 1999 and now reissued in an...

Jack Carrigan

at home in the mysteries of christ by jim mcmanus cssr. (redemptorist publications, £7.95) . fr mcmanus, a redemptorist priest, has written ...

Staff writers

on december 17 we enter the final stage of joyfully penitential preparation for the lord’s manifold advents. st bernard (d 1153) preached in...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

after december 17, the focus of the advent liturgy changes and we direct our thoughts towards the imminent birth of jesus. one of the most b...

Pastor Iuventus