Culture

it was very late when i arrived in budapest, but a consolation to be in a hotel close to the danube. to me, there is something sacred about ...

Simon Caldwell

recently the times newspaper reported on the findings of its survey of 1,200 clerics of the church of england. among the dispiriting results...

The Catholic Herald

it’s presumptuous of me to begin by quibbling with shakespeare, but he’s dead and i’m feeling a bit kicky this morning. “what’s in a name?” ...

Katherine Bennett

rome – two new discoveries regarding pope pius xii are rekindling debate over the role of the wartime pontiff, including a letter suggesting...

Crux Staff

in the heart of every person, there is a desire to be in union with god. such a union is realized and deepened by a life of prayer. such a s...

Fr Jeffrey F Kirby

yaoundè, cameroon – as morocco continues to struggle to cope with its worst earthquake to strike a major urban centre in a century, which so...

Ngala Killian Chimtom

philip larkin, in  annus mirabilis , tells us that:   “sexual intercourse began/in nineteen sixty-three/(which was rather lat...

Anthony McCarthy

the fate of children takes a particular centre-stage in the gospels. jesus articulates ethics that warn in the starkest terms about the impo...

Gavin Ashenden

rome – yesterday  crux  carried two stories which, at first blush, appear unrelated. the first concerned  the latest ukrainia...

John L Allen

a judge has ruled that an “alert and conscious” adult woman does not have mental capacity because she disagrees with doctors who want to put...

Simon Caldwell