Europe

A variable set of Summer performances, from Holst to Britten

the music world likes a decent anniversary, something to focus on. prominent among the anniversaries this year has been the 150th of gustav ...

Cardinal Parolin warns European project is neglecting Catholicism to its own detriment

with pope francis now embarked on his trip to luxembourg and belgium, cardinal secretary of state pietro parolin set the stage and alluded t...

Understanding the Orthodox Christian worldview motivating Vladimir Putin in war with Ukraine

it seems a good, if not vital, moment to try and look beyond the narrow analysis of the dreadful war in ukraine provided by the vast majorit...

Survival of 4-year-old after life support switched off raises ‘challenging questions’ over court interventions

the remarkable survival of a 4-year-old boy who was expected to die shortly after his life support was removed has not only “confounded” med...

Optimism among Irish Catholic Church that vocations may be rising

hope is being expressed among irish church circles that vocations to the priesthood may be increasing after a long decline given an encourag...

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The sister of prayer: Why Catholics shouldn't give up on poetry

one night in september i gave a talk to an audience of one hundred in a parish of saskatoon, canada. the next day i went on to teach eighty ...

Pope has 'mild' flu but papal trip to Belgium and Luxembourg still on

pope francis is still expected to travel to belgium and luxembourg later this week as planned despite cancelling his scheduled meetings and ...

London March for Life showed how both sides can get it wrong and fail the unborn

every year on the first saturday of september, thousands of pro-life people from the uk and beyond participate in the annual march for life ...

Bishop warns young against 'diabolical' non-commitment to marriage or priesthood

catholics should not waste their lives by "diabolically" avoiding vocational commitments to either marriage or to the priesthood and consecr...

The Catholic Herald

Witnessing Christianity in action at asylum hotels drawing fire in UK immigration debate

in 2022 the local branch of the society of saint vincent de paul operating in a southern english town discovered that a hotel had been repur...