Europe

How the breathtaking, awe-inspiring power and sheer wildness of the sea connects us to our Faith

last summer, i moved to salthill in galway, on the western coast of ireland, and am blessed to live a minute away from the atlantic ocean. i...

Taking stock of the thuribles and ‘accidents of grace’ that descended on central London

after an unusually cold and dark start to the weekend in london, the sunday of 2 june proved welcomingly warm and sunny. the favourable turn...

Robert Stephenson Padron

Italy’s Prime Minister tells bishops to back off over constitutional reform

rome – after the leader of the italian bishops recently appeared to throw cold water on a key constitutional reform backed by italy’s conser...

US Ambassador to the Holy See to step down

new york – after two years serving as the u.s. ambassador to the holy see, joseph donnelly will soon step down from the post and return to h...

Scenes of heroic piety impress priest during Eucharistic exposition in New York

new york – when the national eucharistic pilgrimage passed through the bronx borough of new york city last week, fr roger landry witnessed w...

Navigating the unchristian options of the EU elections

stepping into the voting booth this upcoming round of eu elections occurring 6-9 june, one is not faced with an easy choice. even parties th...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Nuncio to Kenya says secular West is 'self-absorbed' and has 'lost its vigour'

yaoundé, cameroon – archbishop hubertus van megen, the vatican representative in kenya, blames the receding church in europe on the continen...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

Hidden Faces at the Met: what the other side of the picture reveals

a friend working at the metropolitan museum in manhattan said recently that she had been instructed never to mention religion – an astoundin...

A busy week in Rome: World Children's Day, China, Palestine and a distinct lack of taxis

rome – sometimes a week on the vatican beat doesn’t offer up one grand narrative, but instead supplies a series of vignettes illustrating th...

Pope Francis's latest book: reflections on history and moments of clarity

just over three years ago i wrote a piece for the herald called “ the battle of the papal biographers ” (march 2021). in it i noted that sin...

Serenhedd James