Europe

a look at some of the few english medieval buildings currently used for worship by the catholic church. on the feast of the nativity of st j...

Michael Hodges

a former catholic seminary in the north east of england has become the second winner of a prestigious conservation award. ushaw historic hou...

Simon Caldwell

it is a worrying fact that the right of catholics, and indeed all christians, to manifest their beliefs can’t be taken for granted these day...

Prof Andrew Tettenborn

the english bishops have asked for changes to the law so that parents can have a greater say in the fate of their dying children. they spoke...

Simon Caldwell

this week beijing’s archbishop joseph li shan, who is president of china’s state-controlled catholic body, the chinese patriotic catholic as...

B Rogers

rome – at one level, the question facing the three judges overseeing the vatican’s long-running “trial of the century,” who are expected to ...

John L Allen

haarlem showstoppers. was frans hals a catholic or a protestant? it’s a question which steven nadler fretted about in the portraitist: frans...

Arabella Illingworth

leicester, united kingdom – a british judge ruled wednesday that a baby girl with a rare disease may not be transferred from the uk to italy...

Charles Collins

every november people across britain and the world are invited to observe “red wednesday”, an annual day of commemoration for the 360 millio...

Georgia L. Gilholy

v&a director tristram hunt on his favourite book of the bible. and i say also unto thee, that thou art peter, and upon this rock i will ...

Tristram Hunt