Culture

NatCon 2023 revealed a hunger for the real and a rejection of the illusory

i hadn’t realised until very recently how difficult it was to avoid stepping in time to the benny hill theme tune.  the task was thrust...

Katherine Bennett

Persecution of Catholic-owned Calvary Hospital is radical call to arms for Australian Catholics

last week, the australian capital territory’s overlords announced their plan to strip calvary hospital – an establishment of the sisters of ...

On Pilgrimage With: Charles Moseley

where would you go? my wholly unrealistic dream would be to walk in galilee. i would love to walk the via francigena, starting in canterbury...

The Catholic Herald

It's a lonely world without God

pastoral care for loneliness:  a new apostolate matthew fforde gracewing, £9.99, 96 pages this book is the new english edition of matth...

Kate Calderwood

Tell Me Good Things: On Love, Death and Marriage, by James Runcie

tell me good things:  on love, death and marriage  james runcie  bloomsbury, £12.99, 224 pages marilyn imrie died in august 2...

Margaret Nicholson

Jessica Powers: Habits of poetry and prayer

nick ripatrazone writes in his new book about jessica powers, an american nun and mystical catholic poet. ‘i should like to go to new york.”...

Nick Ripatrazone

Miracles might happen

hollywood continues to stereotype the church, says julia hamilton. miracle at manchester is a drama, based on a true story, of high-school s...

The Green Man on the King’s card

in the weeks leading up to the coronation, 2,000 invitations landed on doormats across the uk and the wider world. perhaps in a last few cit...

Pope recognises martyrdom of Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State

pope francis has recognised as martyrs a group of 21 coptic orthodox christians murdered by islamic state terrorists eight years ago. the ho...

New York Archdiocese investigating ‘God is trans’ exhibit at Catholic parish

the archdiocese of new york is investigating a catholic parish in manhattan for hosting an art exhibit called “god is trans: a queer spiritu...