Culture

the president of poland’s catholic bishops’ conference has expressed “fraternal concern” about the direction of the “synodal way” in a stron...

CNA Staff

a catholic doctor is preparing to challenge an order at the high court in london which blocks him from offering life-saving treatment for un...

CNA Staff

the german church has convened a synod which will reach its conclusion in 2023. the synodal path –  as it is sometimes called – has had...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

katherine birbalsingh, also known as “britain’s strictest headteacher”, is not shy of media attention. on the very day that i talk to her th...

Theo Hobson

deep in the iraqi desert, near the highway leading to the saudi arabian border, lie the ruins of al-qusair church, the oldest church in iraq...

Tom Westcott

in december, an ex-police officer called harry miller won a legal challenge against a national policy permitting forces to record gender-cri...

Sir Stephen Stewart

february promises longer days and the first glimmers of spring, but its arrival also heralds the approach of lent on 2 march. ash wednesday ...

Niall Gooch

it is little surprise that many agnostic novelists are drawn to religion as a theme: it is dramatic, colourful, and it heightens moral dilem...

Theo Hobson

when opera composers take up the bible it isn’t usually in search of spiritual instruction. nothing of the sort was on his mind when verdi r...

Michael White

there was consternation in oxford when the news went round – like wildfire, as this sort of news invariably does – that the pro-vice-chancel...

Serenhedd James