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Sharing God’s nature: the powerful pro-life message of the Eucharist

bishop john sherrington shares with anita boniface the powerful pro-life message of the eucharist . in advent and christmas, the church’s li...

At a time when we should be celebrating life, others are lobbying for death

pope st john paul ii once remarked that in our celebration of the birth of jesus christ we bear witness that every human is “somebody unique...

Philip Campbell

Euthanasia and assisted suicide contradict Christmas, Bishop Davies warns faithful

the bishop of shrewsbury in his christmas homily is to warn against renewed attempts to change the law to allow doc...

Catholic teacher guilty of professional misconduct after refusing to indoctrinate children in extremist ideology

a catholic teacher was guilty of “unacceptable professional conduct”, a regulator has ruled, after she refused to teach extreme gender ideol...

Pope’s end-of-year address to Church hierarchy: beware ‘rigid ideological positions’ that ‘prevent us from moving forward’

rome – in his annual christmas address to members of the roman curia, pope francis urged the church’s governing bureaucracy to be open to ch...

Pesellino's work is spectacular: alas, we shall never know what else might have been

francesco di stefano, known as pesellino, first established his reputation and that of his workshop in florence through small-scale devotion...

Exclusive Interview: author and historian Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon Bonaparte, the Enlightenment, the Catholic Church and Poland

adam zamoyski is a british historian of polish origin. he has written numerous highly acclaimed books, including poland: a history, and holy...

Anthony McCarthy

Pope has chosen where he wants to be buried

pope francis addressed concerns about his health in a recent interview while discussing plans for his own funeral and burial in a different ...

The Catholic Herald

Lionel Johnson: Poetry and Prose, by Robert Asch

celebrating a lost victorian voice. lionel johnson: poetry and prose robert asch saint austin press, £29.99, 544 pages when lionel johnson w...

Resting my weary feet on the Cammino di San Benedetto

mary fisher discovers the physical and mental trials of walking the cammino di san benedetto. "to be deep in history is to cease to be prote...