Europe

Conquest and consent

the arab conquests by justin marozzi apollo, £18.99, 256 pages  between 634 and 750 ad, arabs created an empire larger than those of al...

Poland’s Bishops Release Data on Allegations of Clerical Sexual Abuse

polish bishops attend a special mass on the sidelines of a 2019 meeting on child sex abuse scandals (archive photo)   over the course o...

Top Ten Movies: The Playhouse Dramas

this is the first of a weekly series from anthony esolen giving his top ten films in different categories. readers are invited to give their...

Rome, the teacher of error, has become the disciple of truth

the separation of sts peter and paul , by giovanni lanfranco, 1671 public domain via wikimedia commons   today, june 29, the christian ...

The Catholic Herald

The NHS: An article of faith

chief executive of the national health service simon stevens applauds nhs workers at the excel centre in london, 30 march 2020. (stefan rous...

Caryll Houselander: Our Christianity is a Utility Religion

caryll houselander was a mystic, religious writer, artist, and notorious eccentric with both a great capacity for work and a willingness to ...

Lessons from the Archives

O Cebreiro: The greatest Eucharistic miracle you've never heard of ...

cover image: chalice and paten of o cebreiro, by fcpb - own work, cc by 3.0   the doubts of a bohemian priest travelling to rome on pil...

Curtis Williams

In spat over Italy's anti-homophobia law, the Vatican has little leverage, lots to lose

cover image: december 2013 cover of the advocate featuring pope francis as the magazine's person of the year   news analysis by charles...

Charles Collins

Vatican Intervenes in Proposed ‘Anti-Homophobia’ Law in Italy

archbishop paul gallagher, the vatican secretary for relations with states./ daniel ibáñez/cna   vatican city, 22 june 2021 — the vatic...

Hannah Brockhaus

A cause advances, and dioceses are rearranged

news analysis: pope francis exercises power of the keys. -- rome -- the big news out of the vatican on saturday was the announcement that ro...