Europe

Letter from the Caucasus: Why the fate of Catholics in Armenia and Georgia matters

by michael j.l. la civita last week i returned from the caucasus, armenia and georgia specifically, after a two-week needs assessment visit ...

Michael J. La Civita

The virtuous origins of Oktoberfest

today oktoberfest is a raucous, if convivial, affair of which few know the origins, but it was born of the love of a righteous king for his ...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

New laws to ban prayer outside abortion clinics are disproportionate and farcical

is it only catholics who care about the unborn? asks gavin ashenden one of the more horrific parts of catholic history in these islands was ...

The Synod will continue until Synodality improves

are catholics going to be asked the same questions until they produce the right answers, wonders hugh somerville knapman osb on 16 october, ...

Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

Is the Synodal Way a hostile take-over of the Church?

of all the voices raised in warning about an imminent coup threatening the catholic church, former head of the congregation for the doctrine...

Words and deeds

could the vatican, under pius xii, have done more to condemn and prevent nazi atrocities, especially the holocaust? that question has been t...

The Scoles family: a Catholic architectural dynasty

joseph john scoles (1798-1863) was born in london, the son of a catholic joiner. he was educated at baddesley green and in 1812 apprenticed ...

Speaking out for common sense

a few weeks ago i took my daughters (aged 2 and 3) to tate britain to look at some art, but also to try out the two children’s play areas wh...

Olenka Hamilton

Trouble ahead? The Irish Synodal Pathway leads to Rome

it is more than likely that the catholic church’s synod in rome – called by pope francis and set to take place in october – is going to end ...

Pilgrims progress to Santiago

our tabard inn was la rosa negra café. not exactly a 14th-century inn on the thames in southwark, but a neighbourhood bar in vigo serving al...