Europe

as the litany of the saints reverberated down rúa do franco, i couldn’t have felt more self-conscious. it sounded like there was some latter...

James Jeffrey

on wednesday evening last week, the catholics in the conservative party group hosted a formal launch event in the houses of parliament.&nbsp...

Hugh Kerr

on thursday 9 february, 222 political prisoners were expelled from nicaragua to the united states by the dictatorial regime of daniel ortega...

Bianca Jagger

now with paint peeling from its walls and shutters, and loose plaster and threadbare curtains, old monks farmhouse in lancing, west sussex, ...

Terry Philpot

rome – nearly 50 employees of the vatican museums have initiated a labour dispute with the holy see over what they allege are poor, unfair a...

Elise Allen

praying near abortion facilities could be made a criminal offence in the uk, supreme court judges have ruled. the country’s highest court de...

Simon Caldwell

a bishop has appealed to european governments to help slow migration across the mediterranean by creating jobs in africa. bishop bruno ateba...

The Catholic Herald

h.l. mencken famously observed that the proper relation of journalist to politician should be that of dog to lamppost. this enticing observa...

Anthony McCarthy

the dissolution of the monasteries: a new history by james g clark yale up, £25, 689 pages ________ apart from the black death plague pandem...

John Adamson

at school in the late 1970s, practically the only television we were allowed to watch was kenneth clark’s civilisation on sunday afternoons ...

William Cash