Europe

Assisted suicide ideology is Nazism, says Bishop Egan as he urges Catholics to fight Bill

the bishop of portsmouth has today urged the people of his diocese to ask their mps to vote against assisted suicide, warning them that the ...
Simon Caldwell

Archdiocese of Paris opposes government plan to charge admission to Notre Dame

the french government has proposed introducing an entry fee for notre-dame cathedral in paris to fund the conservation of religious heritage...
Thomas Edwards

Euthanasia in Belgium: the slide from hard cases to the 'tired of life'

belgium introduced a bill allowing euthanasia in 2002. in short, it now has significant experience in the matter. in the meantime, other cou...
BenoitBeuselinck

Reaching the oasis of prayer means crossing the spiritual desert

the  catechism of the catholic church  provides a beautiful summary of the different ways of praying. after summarising the differ...
Fr Jeffrey Kirby C

The French Left hate their new Interior Minister because he is a man of Catholic convictions

bruno retailleau has only been in his job for a month but already france’s new minister of the interior has become the bête noire of the pro...
Gavin Mortimer

What throne am I looking for? One of glory or of grace?

"allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory." (mark 10:37) what throne am i looking for?  we ...
Fr David Howell

In Lourdes, all are winners: Heading to the Pyrenees, rolling up sleeves and setting to work with the Order of Malta

it is said that helping out at lourdes may change your life. indeed, this line was quoted at a ceremony for “first-timers” by the grand mast...
William Cash

The Latin Mass Society's Joseph Shaw dreams of starting a pilgrimage in the French Pyrenees

for the “on pilgrimage with” section of the september 2024 edition of the  catholic herald magazine, we spoke to joseph shaw, chairman ...
The Catholic Herald

One eye on the Emerald Isle: The grass seems greener on the other side of the Irish Sea

after cromwell’s conquest of ireland, according to our host, those irish catholics not executed for taking part in the 1641 rebellion were e...
Flora Watkins

Little Tafida and the case against assisted suicide

as expected, labour mp kim leadbeater on wednesday introduced an assisted suicide bill into the house of commons. the stage is now set for a...
Simon Caldwell