Holy See

Diary: By Eduard Habsburg

in my tiny room in a guest house on budapest’s castle hill, i was building a tower of towels and rolls of loo paper. the voice of the bbc te...

Eduard Habsburg

Letter from the Editor: June 2023

i am delighted to see that the national gallery in london has put on a free show (on until july 30) celebrating the life and legacy of ...

Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth, by Ken Dark

archaeology of jesus’ nazareth ken dark oup, £25, 168 pages this book reveals what archaeology can add to historical evidence about the gali...

An old manor house on the road to Fátima has its own story of the miracles

how nuno vasconcelos, now in his fifties, came to quit his life as a banker to run the quinta da alcaidaria-mór, his family’s historic portu...

The Rossettis: Radical Romantics

the rossettis at tate britain bears serious scrutiny, says lucy boswall. beige walls, beige wood, beige carpet. the almost monochrome décor ...

New observatory formed in Rome to study Marian apparitions

an institution has been formed in rome to study alleged marian apparitions and other supernatural phenomena in the catholic church. the inte...

Hannah Brockhaus

Humanae Vitae: have the first shots been fired in a coming war?

italy’s current birthrate is 392,598 newborns per year, a staggering 30 percent drop since 2008, unsustainably low for any country. to avert...

Sciaf chief appointed to lead Caritas six months after mass sackings

the executive director of sciaf, the overseas aid agency of the scottish bishops, has been elected as head of caritas internationalis six mo...

'Eldest daughter syndrome' is the latest stick being used to beat large families with

if as a mother you spend much of your time feeling guilty, there is yet another thing you can feel awful about – asking your eldest daughter...

Vatican probe criticises Newcastle bishop for 'errors of judgement' - but rejects lockdown parties as myth

the bishop of hexham and newcastle resigned last year following “a succession of errors of judgement”, a vatican investigation has found. bu...