Europe

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...
Mark Lambert

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...
Simon Caldwell

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...
Gavin Ashenden

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...
Ken Craycraft

The clear Catholic overtones in Bob Dylan's most recent work suggest he may have joined the Church

karl gustel warnberg travels to bournemouth to watch bob dylan live in concert ever since his debut as a young musician, bob dylan has been ...
Karl Gustel Warnberg

Pope Francis denounces populism

on sunday, pope francis ate lunch with hundreds of refugees and homeless people, calling for a renewed commitment to helping society’s weake...
Ignatius Dean

Suicide rates soar wherever euthanasia or assisted suicide are legalised, reveals study by Anscombe Centre

the numbers of people who commit suicide surge in countries which legalise euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, new research has revea...
Simon Caldwell

Fighting for the papacy

victorian crusaders: british and irish volunteers in the papal army, 1860-1870 by nicholas schofield helion & co, 223 pages, £29.95 if o...
Serenhedd James