Education

Half of new priests ordained in US this year will be 31 years old or younger

half of the men scheduled to be ordained as priests in the united states in 2024 are 31 years old or younger, according to the latest resear...

The Catholic Herald

‘Something has gone truly, terribly wrong’: the latest outbreak of anti-Semitism in Britain

the atrocities committed by hamas on 7 october 2023 and the subsequent israeli invasion of gaza mark a turning point not just in the fraught...

Let them finally have a Christian burial: Captain Robert Nairac and last of the ‘Disappeared’ from Northern Ireland's Troubles

archbishop eamon martin of armagh has reiterated his ongoing call for action to finally retrieve the remains of northern ireland’s last few ...

DeclanMcSweeney

New book on Venice could say more on religion’s role in the ‘impossible’ city

venice: the remarkable history of the lagoon city denis romano  oxford university press, £31.99, 904 pages the renaissance scholar fran...

Alexander Faludy

How prayer helps us ‘gain a new horizon’ and better understanding of Easter mystery

as we see the lord jesus in prayer, there are certain practical pointers we can learn from him, even while there is a mystery at play. in hi...

Fr Jeffrey Kirby C

Finding hope among the ruins: Rebuilding the Church in Ireland through sincerity

on a cold spring morning on the west coast of ireland, replete with intermittent showers of sleet, i travelled to the small town of claregal...

New evidence indicates Turin Shroud not a European forgery

new scientific tests conducted on the famous shroud of turin have revealed that the flax used to make the linen was grown in the middle east...

'The Passion of Jesus' returns to Trafalgar Square on Good Friday

a full-scale re-enactment of the passion of jesus is returning to trafalgar square this good friday in central london. first performed in 20...

The Catholic Herald

Notre Dame historian reveals institutional flaws and failures within Jesuit order behind current scandals

the pattern of behaviour shown by jesuit leadership in the management of the high-profile rupnik scandal has centuries of institutional prac...

Top cardinal addresses difficulties of two-state solution for Israel and Palestine

rome – a top cardinal and leading papal diplomat who served as pope francis' special envoy to iraq has addressed the issue of how peace in t...