Catholic Church

at stake in the current negotiations between china and the holy see is the question of control over the local church, which essentially boil...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

the holy see and china may be on the brink of a historic deal that could end decades of hostility and stalemate. the agreement would have un...

Benedict Rogers

was benedict xvi right to abdicate? while there is no doubt as to the validity of his resignation, was it god’s will? more than three years ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

third week of advent there is a dawning sense of panic when you have been confidently driving in a certain direction and realise you might b...

Mgr John Armitage

christians and the followers of other religions in britain sometimes come up hard against an aggressive secularism. this seeks to exclude re...

Archbishop Mario Conti

it has now been confirmed that pope francis will visit ireland – south and north – in august 2018, and already some dublin politicians are f...

Mary Kenny

newman’s verdict on amoris laetitia sir – tom mcintyre’s letters are always well informed, articulate and thought provoking, but i think his...

The Catholic Herald

this year’s wintershall nativity play, at wintershall near guildford, is likely to be even more successful than its predecessors. the compel...

Alexander Jolliffe

an exorcist explains the demonic by fr gabriele amorth, sophia institute press, £12 fr amorth, famous as the late chief exorcist of rome, wr...

Francis Phillips

not far from where i write, by american distance standards, is the beautiful shrine of our lady of guadalupe near la crosse, wisconsin. we h...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf