Education

Casual sex and other pathways to diabolical possession

the exorcist files: true stories about the reality of evil and how to defeat it by fr carlos martins hodder and stoughton, £18 “people ask m...
Simon Caldwell

'Political Economy and the Good Life': exploring postliberalism and Catholic social teaching

cambridge – a couple of days ago the telos-paul piccone institute hosted “political economy and the good life: the 2024 postliberalism confe...
Ciaron Tobin

On the streets of Oxford with the Companions of the Order of Malta

arriving at oxford’s examination schools , we found ourselves in a bit of a tight corner. the corner in question was very much a literal one...
Joseph Harrison

Christians in Aleppo will be respected, Syria's Islamist rebels tell religious leaders

while many christians are fearful of the islamist groups involved in the regime change in syria, an argentinian-born priest who lives in ale...
EduardoCamposLima

Bishop Erik Varden: How my favourite book of the Bible – Ezekiel – prepares us for an encounter with the divine

in these times of consultations and questionnaires, we are constantly asked to reflect on our responses to things. our basic mode of underst...
Bishop Erik Varden

Keep it real: Why Eucharistic teaching needs to be much more straightforward

the first communion class met before mass on sunday. nine children, aged between seven and ten, came from families with roots in nigeria, ke...
Camilla Harrison

Trump’s Cabinet picks make it one of the most practicing Catholic yet

president-elect donald trump has chosen to appoint catholics to several key cabinet and senior advisory roles. it's led some to claim that a...
Thomas Edwards

Wrath is a dangerous business: Why anger must be tempered with meekness

pope st gregory the great defined what we know as the seven deadly sins as the “capital sins”. they are capital because they give rise ...
Fr Allan White OP

Former seminary wins major national award for education

a former catholic seminary in the north-east of england has won a major conservation award for its work in education. ushaw in county durham...
The Catholic Herald

‘There are no safeguards’: palliative-care expert Ilora Finlay on the many dangers of assisted suicide Bill

if there is one woman who has transformed the debate in britain on assisted suicide, it is ilora finlay. when campaigners for it talk about ...
Melanie McDonagh