Columns

Review: GB News Easter Special

competent public voices defending christianity in the public square are few and far between. mainstream media platforms allowing these voice...

A Guide to John Henry Newman: His Life and Thought, edited by Juan R Vélez

a guide to john henry newman: his life and thought juan r vélez (ed) catholic university of america press,$75, 448 pages just when you thoug...

Catherine Maybanks

Feast and Fast: Dominican friar offers his recipe whilst delighting in the scents and tastes he associates with Holy Week

holy week and easter have been at the heart of my growth in the faith. from my late teenage years as a progressively more arch and spiky ang...

Albert Robertson OP

Irish PM must be commended for saying forced secularisation of Catholic schools is wrong

in a recent parliamentary questions session in ireland , taoiseach (prime minister) leo varadkar provided a surprisingly frank and sensible ...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Cardinal Müller is right: bishops who voted for same-sex blessings must go

when bishop georg bätzing was interviewed about the vote by german bishops to bless same sex unions , the interviewer challenged him ab...

UK crosses 'thought crimes' Rubicon after MPs outlaw prayer at abortion clinics

the house of commons has approved the uk’s first “thought crime” law after mps rejected a move to protect silent prayer in public places. in...

Irish PM says primary school children must learn 'what it means to be transgender'

a row has emerged between irish prime minister, leo varadkar, and the irish catholic primary schools management association (cpsma), which h...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Philokalia: Volume 5, reviewed by Mark Jenkins

philokalia: volume 5 ed. kallistos ware faber & faber, £30, 324 pages the much-anticipated fifth volume of an english translation of the...

EXCLUSIVE interview: Bishop Barron, the face of the modern Church?

bishop robert barron reaches a huge online audience with his word on fire ministry. what’s his secret, asks melanie mcdonagh there aren’t, f...

Melanie McDonagh

Paprocki calls views of US cardinal 'heretical'

a bishop and distinguished canon lawyer has suggested that views expressed by a recently-appointed us cardinal are “heretical”. bishop thoma...