England

Ordinariate bishop given temporary role in Australia

Bishop Steven Lopes said his task was to be custodian of the Australian ordinariate and encourage growth in holiness

The Catholic Herald

Tammy Sandhu announced as Britain’s next ambassador to the Holy See

Foreign Office diplomat Tammy Sandhu MBE will replace Chris Trott as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See later this year

Who were the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales?

Clergy and laity alike shaped the legacy of the Forty Martyrs, whose lives illuminate both sacrifice and the sustaining culture of the Faith

The Ordinariate at fifteen: rumours and reality

As the Ordinariate marks its anniversary, celebration gives way to clarification of its liturgical identity following unfounded rumours

Fr Mark Elliott Smith

How St George became England’s patron saint

Long before modern arguments about identity, St George had already been claimed by England as a saint whose witness stood above blood, region and politics