Gaza

i recently returned from a pilgrimage with the british association of the order of malta to the holy land. our visits to the holy places rem...

Mgr John Armitage

in the middle of this month we will celebrate the solemnity of the assumption of the blessed virgin mary. the belief that our lady’s body wa...

Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth

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

february promises longer days and the first glimmers of spring, but its arrival also heralds the approach of lent on 2 march. ash wednesday ...

Niall Gooch

cover image: newly appointed svp  director of youth services sarah barber, courtesy of svp   the st vincent de paul society (svp) ...

Staff Reporter

the latin patriarch of jerusalem is urging catholics around the world to pray for “peace and justice” as violence continues in the holy land...

Staff Reporter

following the recitation of the regina coeli on sunday, pope francis denounced violence in the holy land, warning that the conflict could de...

Staff Reporter

this essay is part two of a three-part series by sam sweeney, a writer and translator based in the middle east, who wrote most recently for ...

Sam Sweeney

deacon fritz bauerschmidt, professor of theology at loyola university maryland and a deacon of the archdiocese of baltimore, preached this h...

Fritz Bauerschmidt

the first sunday in august is the feast of the transfiguration, and so our run of ordinary time sun- days is interrupted, though the  g...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP