Europe

Benedict XVI is ‘full of zest for life,’ says Archbishop Gänswein

vatican city, oct 21, 2021 / 04:40 am archbishop georg gänswein has said that benedict xvi is “full of zest for life” after the pope emeritu...

Diary: Petronella Wyatt on carrying her inner child

sometimes i think that god is very far away. i recall that the protestant martyr anne askew said, quoting christ, that he saw ever...

Petronella Wyatt

Nine hundred years of the Norbertines

the order of canons regular of prémontré – known variously as the norbertines, the premonstratensians and the white canons – was founded in ...

The Aegean paradise of the Pope’s island

my taxi driver in the cycladic island of syros is a bearlike character called stelios. he gives me a bearlike hug; maybe this is because i c...

Australia’s anti-Catholic bigotry

‘meet dom perrottet – the conservative catholic and father-of-six who will be nsw’s next premier”, read a headline on the abc, as if gunning...

Letter from Rome: Witnessing God's Glory

when my family and i visited the pontificio collegio urbano de propaganda fide on 11 october 2019, we had no idea that this particular visit...

The Catholic Herald

‘I hope that I can join them soon’: Benedict XVI sends condolence message after friend’s death

wilhering, austria, oct 19, 2021 / 09:00 am pope emeritus benedict xvi has said that he looks forward to joining his friends in heaven in a ...

Unrelentingly ominous but essential

in the year of 1259, after a run of bad weather in italy, harvests failed and famine spread across the peninsula. thousands of religious fan...

Ever so slightly off-key

of the first-rank composers within the generally accepted pantheon, three took holy orders in the roman catholic church: monteverdi, vivaldi...

Jonathan Gaisman

The son-in-law also rises

henry ‘chips’ channon: the diaries (volume 2): 1938-43 by chips channon edited by simon heffer hutchinson, £35, 1,120 pages ________ this do...