Europe

Carlo Acutis will be canonised after second miracle recognised

pope francis has recognised a miracle attributed to the intercession of blessed carlo acutis and today signed a decree which paves the way f...
The Catholic Herald

Hervé’s Way: The story of a one-legged pilgrim

it’s early in the morning. the clouds are low, there’s a chill in the air, the birds are singing. i’m walking out of the tuscan town of sarz...
John Laurenson

Tales of Walsingham: a pilgrim reflects on journeying to England's 'Nazareth'

whan that aprille with his shoures soote, the droghte of march hath perced to the roote… thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages . ( when&...
MichaelSwift

Bach’s Mass in B Minor highlights how the great composer wove a ‘potent, steadfast faith' into his music

the "k" of the first kyrie shot straight down the middle of yale university’s impressive woolsey hall like a burning arrow; a foretaste of t...
Alex Hodgkinson

Challenging liberal Christianity: Jesus gave very clear warnings about losing ‘saltiness’

christians are supposed to be unpopular. they are supposed to be out of touch with contemporary society (whether that means first-century pa...
Niall Gooch

Israel objects to Catholic 'moral blindness' to Hamas terror

rome – just as israel continues to deploy its military “hard power” on the gaza strip, defying international pressure to back down, so too i...
John L Allen

Canadian archbishop fights for right of church hospice to refuse euthanasia

no-one ever slides up a slippery slope. they only ever go down. euthanasia invariably involves a descent that is not so much like skidding t...
Simon Caldwell

The genius of old age: Michelangelo's later works at the British Museum

the essential aspect of this exhibition is in the title: michelangelo, the last decades . how does genius age? michelangelo lived to a great...
Gertrude Clarke

State castration of child rapists denounced by Madagascan bishops

madagascar’s influential catholic bishops’ conference – usually loyal to the government – has denounced a new law for the castration for pae...
Ngala Chimtom

US commission condemns UK silent prayer arrest in abortion clinic 'buffer zones'

a united states federal government commission has criticised the arrest of a woman for praying silently outside an abortion clinic in the uk...
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