Europe

From temptation to Transfiguration

on the first two sundays of lent we always hear the same gospel stories, of the temptations of christ in the wilderness and of the transfigu...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Reading through the Lenten desert

graham greene’s novel, the heart of the matter, begins with an aphorism from charles péguy: “le pécheur est au coeur même chrétienté.... nul...

On Pilgrimage with Sir Bill Cash

where would you go?  i would go to much wenlock and wenlock abbey because it is the site of saint milburga, who was an eighth-century a...

The Catholic Herald

Keeping the past alive

i have been reading the golden apple of samarkand by lala wilbraham, a wonderful new book which has evaded the reviewers, perhaps because it...

Olenka Hamilton

More to St Paul’s than religion

in the shadow of st paul’s cathedral: the churchyard that shaped london by margaret willes yale university press, pp. 320, £25 the romanists...

Leader of Polish Catholic Church warns German counterpart over errors of the Synodal way

the president of poland’s catholic bishops’ conference has expressed “fraternal concern” about the direction of the “synodal way” in a stron...

More than 800 anti-Christian incidents reported in France in last year

more than 800 anti-christian incidents were reported in france in 2021. the provisional figures were announced on feb. 10 as part of an ongo...

Assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be a substitute for good palliative care, says Pope Francis

dying patients need palliative care and not euthanasia or assisted suicide, pope francis has said. at his general audience in the vatican’s ...

Pope appoints new Archbishop of Glasgow

pope francis has appointed bishop william nolan as the new archbishop of glasgow. bishop nolan will succeed archbishop philip tartaglia who ...

No greater nightmare

a ray of hope might be on the horizon for campaigners and parents seeking to challenge the absolute power of the nhs and the courts in decid...