Europe

The two Christmases

the man who invented christmas was the irresistible title of a book published in 2008, about charles dickens and his role in shaping or revi...

Raise a glass to GK Chesterton

this year marks the centenary of gk chesterton’s reception into the catholic church. it had been anticipated by some of his most catholic wr...

The Catholic Herald

New lamps for old

it occurred to me, after i had scattered a handful of earth on the small coffin, six feet below, that my world had changed forever. not in a...

Serenhedd James

What is the Catholic take on cryptocurrency?

earlier this month, a conference held in valley forge, pennsylvania, brought together ideas from two seemingly distant worlds. the first-eve...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Cardinal Zen convicted: when will Rome speak up for him?

on friday cardinal joseph zen was found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded humanitarian fund  which paid medical and le...

Down's woman vows to fight abortion law discrimination in Supreme Court

a woman with down’s syndrome is to take her fight to halt abortions up to birth for babies with her genetic condition after the court of app...

The Synod can never achieve its aim of making the Church 'Catholic in a different way'

bishop georg bätzing, the head of the german bishops’ conference (dbk), has explained what he wants the german synodal path to ach...

Liberals are wrong to push for the ordination of women

i was once in conversation with a man so desperately concerned with women’s rights that he soon put me in my place for defending the male pr...

Katherine Bennett

In football, we find 'a simple version of the great quest for salvation'

the world cup began on sunday.  i love football as much as the next woman, but i do have some interest in this tournament: my brot...

Katherine Bennett

The feast of Christ the King and the end of political life

the difficulty of reconciling christian faith with political life is as old as christianity itself. perhaps the most  explicit  qu...