Holy See

Who decides on a child's 'best interests'?

in a few weeks' time the high court will hear an application from the parents of tafida raqeeb, a five-year-old muslim girl in a semi-comato...

Rarely has a Vatican official spoken so bluntly on abuse

as spring 2019 turned into summer, journalists, media relations professionals and communications experts gathered for four days in st peters...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Minneapolis to Mumbai

minneapolis knights of columbus volunteered for 76m hours the knights of columbus volunteered for 76 million hours and gave $185 million in ...

Meanwhile: Incense shortage?

bad news for sacristans this week: we could be facing an incense crisis, as the number of boswellia trees plummets. as a report in the churc...

Overlooked: Renewed pressure on Chinese priests

what happened? chinese clergy are coming under renewed pressure, despite the vatican’s attempts to find a middle ground, according to report...

The Catholic naval hero descended from St Thomas More

today he is little remembered. but admiral sir henry harwood made a crucial early contribution during the second world war: he injected a vi...

David Twiston Davies

Prize crossword 0605

cryptic across 7 house within diocese is retro brown (6) 8 nice fathers sacked in gorbachev’s plan for russian transport (6) 9 joint effort ...

Olivier Roy: an impartial observer of Europe's crises

is europe christian? by olivier roy hurst, 112pp, £14.99/$19.99 everything seems to be about identity these days: politics, culture – even r...

What will you reap? An Anglo-Saxon tradition to help us take stock

august 1, in the traditional calendar of the roman rite the feast of st peter in chains, is also in the english agricultural calendar lammas...

Charles Coulombe

In his letter to priests, the Pope speaks from the heart

in a surprise for the feast of st jean-marie vianney, pope francis released a lengthy and substantive letter to priests. august 4th this yea...

Fr Raymond de Souza