Europe

in a recent ethics lesson, i introduced a class to the concept of virtue ethics. not all of my pupils were entirely convinced, something whi...

Thomas Casemore

despite the resulting popular legend, protestant reform in great britain did not consign catholicism to historical oblivion; for too long, b...

James Kelly

beige walls, beige wood, beige carpet. the almost monochrome décor in the first room of the rossettis at london's tate britain is so reminis...

Lucy Boswall

i have always enjoyed ancestry programmes like who do you think you are? , but sadly i know that my family has no royal connections. th...

Gavin Ashenden

almost half a century ago the roe v wade decision created a right to abortion, preventing lawmakers in the united states from passing laws t...

David Albert Jones

saints and sinners, miracles and miscreants, and even old scratch himself … the literature associated with the pilgrimage to santiago de com...

Curtis Williams

the british museum’s peru is a land of hallucinogenic flora and highly diverse fauna, albeit without paddington or any other bears. it’s a l...

Lucien de Guise

the state of democracy in europe is looking volatile, with lurches to the left and right going on all over the place and that are increasing...

MariaHuisman

rome newsroom, oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am there will be no godfathers named in the sicilian archdiocese of catania for the next three years due...

Courtney Mares

we’ve been here before, says john l allen jr, as the arguments continue. after years of ferment in catholicism over a highly sensitive matte...

John Allen