Culture

Full to the brim: Trusting in Mary's command

‘now there were six stone water jars there for the jewish rites of purification, each holding seventy or one hundred litres’ (john 2:6). in ...
Fr David Howell

Catholic Church leads struggle against whitewashing of Argentinian dictatorship

são paulo, brazil – in argentina, the catholic church is one of the most active institutions resisting president javier milei’s policy of di...
EduardoCamposLima

Sister Clare Crockett's path to sainthood begins

the official start of sister clare crockett’s candidacy for sainthood was marked by a ceremony held on 12 january in the catedral magistral ...
The Catholic Herald

Pope critiques ‘rigid’ dress sense and mentality of conservative prelates

the pope has taken conservative bishops and cardinals to task for the way they dress, suggesting their adherence to ostentatious styles reve...
The Catholic Herald

Stephen Fry and modern society's sex problem

the new year’s honours list informed us that a knighthood had been bestowed on the writer and actor stephen fry. that announcement revived i...
Anthony McCarthy

Pope condemns cancel culture, links ‘fake news’ to Trump assassination attempts and climate of hate

pope francis has condemned what he described as a universal growth in “fake news” and how such deliberate distortions foment a climate of ha...
Elise Allen

King’s New Year's Honours List awards Catholic and other Christian figures

various catholic public servants along with those from other religious denominations in the uk, both lay and religious, were honoured in the...
The Catholic Herald

Pakistan's Christian community in shock after man shot dead

pakistan’s christian community is in shock over the death of a christian who was shot following six months of persecution.  suleman mas...
John Newton

Pope Francis appoints first woman in history to lead Vatican department

rome – pope francis this week made the novel decision to appoint the first-ever woman as prefect of a vatican department, naming italian con...
Elise Allen

'Some paintings never cease to amaze': The Adoration of the Kings

some paintings never cease to amaze. they offer more and more as you give them time to. just such a picture is jan gossaert’s adoration of t...
Gabriele Finaldi