Culture

No Room for Christ at the Inn

st paul told the corinthians: “whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of god.” it’s a sentiment that under...
The Catholic Herald

Help the youth spread the Word

the holy spirit sometimes works in mysterious ways, but during world youth day in lisbon the fruits of the spirit were manifest in cheerfuln...
The Catholic Herald

Rebel Italian cleric formally dismissed from priesthood

rome – a high-profile italian priest who championed euthanasia and same-sex marriage has been dismissed from the priesthood at his own reque...
Crux Staff

Letby murders are far from 'unthinkable' in a world which celebrates abortion

it’s a bit late to be worrying about the polar ice caps melting when the ground under our feet was lost years ago.  a nation that ...
Katherine Bennett

The Lancet's misguided invocation of Gramsci

earlier this year,  the   lancet , a 200-year-old medical journal, carried an editorial entitled, “we must engage in a war of posi...
Anthony McCarthy

The unexpected return of Christian ethics

the church has been fighting a losing battle in the west over culture, belief and ethics. but rather surprisingly, there are reasons for thi...
Gavin Ashenden

Lisbon notebook: Pilgrims in the park

saturday 5th august parque tejo trancão, lisbon – from around 4pm the transition from bustling racket to eerie stillness on the streets of l...
Tom Colsy

The Transfiguration: an image of Christ’s revelation to the world

a damaged icon of the transfiguration laid out near the wreckage of transfiguration cathedral in odesa after a missile strike on july 23, 20...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

A deeply-loved bon viveur and deathbed convert: Augustin Hochschild, 1965-2023

it was friday march 17, and the portuguese mountain rain had been falling from the heavens all morning on our 60-mile walking pilgrimage to ...
William Cash

Our Lady of Alltötting: A shrine where Mary helped

melanie mcdonagh follows pope benedict xvi  to the feet of our lady of altötting. to begin with, i didn’t think i was going to lik...
Melanie McDonagh