Chapter House

St Mary’s Ascot deals with first teachers' strike in school's 139-year history

teachers at the prestigious catholic all-girls boarding school st mary’s ascot are reportedly taking strike action for the first time in the...
The Catholic Herald

Provocative Catholic media network Church Militant to close following another defamation suit

the controversial and lately increasingly embattled catholic media outlet  church militant  is shutting down in apr...
The Catholic Herald

Despite postponement, Canadian government 'fully committed' to expanding assisted suicide, warn country's bishops

new york – the canadian government remains just as committed to its drive to expand assisted suicide despite a decision to postpone expandin...
johnlavenburg

Pray for England: A modest proposal

a recent survey showed that about half of the population in england had no religious faith at all. even many of those who claimed to be chri...
anenglishlayman

Swathes of women are involuntarily single and childless: Covid lockdowns and the ticking biological clock

‘i can’t believe you’re about to have your third baby and i haven’t even had my first,” said an old girlfriend wistfully over supper the oth...
Olenka Hamilton

Letter from the Editor: Jeremy Irons, the Cotswolds, charity and Da Vinci

on a chilly night early in december, i attended a wonderful charity dinner at sudeley castle in gloucestershire which raised money for wellc...
William Cash

Christmas attacks against Christians in Nigeria leave at least 160 dead

yaoundè, cameroon ( crux ) – attacks across nigeria’s central plateau state on christmas eve left at least 160 people dead and about 300 oth...
Ngala Chimtom

Drinking to the glory of God with 'Monastic Order'

serenhedd james talks to brian scarffe, the founder of monastic order , about his project and his vision for its future. another day; anothe...
Serenhedd James

Letter from the Editor: Assisi, the Synod, and Israel-Palestine

while pope francis opened the synod on synodality in rome on st francis’s feast day, i was some 80 dusty miles away, co-leading, with mgr ke...
William Cash

Unlocking the 'prophetic vision' of Flannery O'Connor, the writer who swam in Thomism

understanding the hillybilly thomist: the philosophical foundations of flannery o’connor’s narrative art by fr damian ference word on fire, ...
Simon Caldwell