Culture

Can prayer and fasting actually make any difference when it comes to abortion?

are we facing our own "1967 moment"? the upcoming threat of total decriminalisation of abortion alongside attempts to legalise euthanasia ho...

Clare McCullough

A beast born of Newman’s end times theology

what a privilege it was to publish my debut novel, the beast of bethulia park, on september 30. of all the days of the christian calendar, i...

Journey from top dog to faithful hound

benedict xvi: a life volume ii: professor and prefect to pope and pope emeritus 1966-the present  by peter seewald bloomsbury continuum...

Piers Paul Read

Heart speaks to heart: Benedict XVI's theological debt to Newman

by his own admission, the high point of the papacy of pope benedict xvi was his beatification of st john henry newman in cofton park, birmin...

The Coptic Martyrs

pope francis’s recognition of the 21 killed by daesh as martyrs is a welcome theological and ecumenical development says hugh somerville kna...

Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

Comedy and the Christian Faith: Appreciating Jesus’s humour gives us a new perspective

one day long ago, in the 1970s, i remember listening to the fusty old lord chancellor, lord hailsham, on radio 4. years later i read a novel...

Death and dishonour in the Docklands

housed inside an old georgian sugar warehouse, the museum of london docklands serves as a salutary reminder of the power and ambition of the...

Christian podcasts are surging in popularity – 2025 could prove their breakout year

the christian podcast scene is having a moment. in 2024, it became increasingly clear that more mainstream podcasts either had openly christ...

Thomas Casemore

Pope Francis adds feast of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus to Church calendar

vatican city, feb 2, 2021 / 06:00 am mt ( cna ) .- pope francis on tuesday added the memorial of sts. mary, martha, and lazarus to the gener...

Hannah Brockhaus

Nativity painting of UK 'national importance' becomes High Renaissance ‘Christmas gift’ for Belfast

on hearing in 1929 that his native city of belfast had just built an art gallery but had no paintings to fill it the painter sir john lavery...