Culture

Ireland's vocations crisis reflects lack of ‘initiative’ and ‘evasion of issue’ by Church

the irish catholic church was seen for generations as the jewel in the crown of the english-speaking clerical world. scores of parishes in g...
DeclanMcSweeney

The problem with Saint Brigid’s pagan makeover

saint brigid now has her own state-sanctioned bank holiday in ireland, which this year falls on monday, 5 february, following the saint's fe...
Laura Perrins

Religion, knowledge and liberty seen through the Michaela School prayer row

i almost certainly would have been expelled from the michaela community school within a week. like most of my so-called “boomer” generation,...
johnmillbank

Women continue to be reduced to their economic output by Conservative government

as the uk general election draws ever nearer, we can expect to see some desperate attempts from the conservative party to paint the last 14 ...
Portia Berry-Kilby

Sunday Gospel reflection: Parsing the devil's use of 'us'

"what do you want with us, jesus of nazareth?" (mark 1:24) why does the demon in sunday’s gospel use the plural "us" rather than the singula...
Fr David Howell

God Save the (agnostic) King! But can the monarchy survive a non-religious future 'Defender of the Faith'?

when henry viii decided to solve his dynastic succession problem by sacking the pope, he had to put aside the somewhat inconvenien...
Gavin Ashenden

Chant and sensory overload: Visiting Mount Athos

unlike many who visit athos, my trip was not planned months or years in advance, but instead came about when a friend invited me to join him...
Will Edwards

Africans praise peer for demanding end to Nigeria's Christian 'genocide'

yaoundè, cameroon — a leading catholic research entity in africa has welcomed the call by a british catholic politician for urgent action to...
Ngala Chimton / Crux

Avarice and apathy: Post Office scandal reveals a loveless culture in need of Catholic virtue

the new year in the uk began with a scandal that has been described as the “worst’ or “most widespread” miscarriage of justice in british hi...
Tom Colsy

Italians bishops counter Pope by promoting sacked CDF secretary

italian bishops appear to have delivered a snub to pope francis by promoting a vatican official who the pope sacked months after the officia...
Simon Caldwell