Catholic News

an explosion of hatred and intolerance hit the world this year. from post-brexit britain to america’s trump era, from ethnic cleansing of ro...

Benedict Rogers

the reputation of st thomas more has for centuries survived the “shafts of falsehood and of folly”, to borrow a phrase of william cobbett, t...

Simon Caldwell

there is something about a great many saints that annoys and even angers some people. thus the recent canonisation of mother teresa revived ...

Richard Ingrams

how does one begin to enter into such a mind as that of joseph ratzinger? how does one enter – more importantly – into such a spirituality, ...

William Oddie

james graham’s docudrama, this house , was first seen at the national theatre in 2012, and jeremy herrin’s fast-moving and exhilarating prod...

Robert Tanitch

catholics confronting hitler by peter bartley (gracewing/ ignatius, £15). bartley has written a well-argued and documented overview of the w...

Staff writers

christmas and new year year a readings the season of christmas, more than any other religious festival, has the power to capture heart and i...

Bishop David McGough

luke 2:15-20 15 when the angels went away from them back into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “let’s go to bethlehem and see this...

Mgr Anthony Abela

cryptic across 1 easy, after years being neglected relative to canaan (4) 3 use salop administration for support (8) 9 samaritan who drove n...

Alun Evans

The Prince said religious freedom could be a matter of life and death

Staff Reporter