Interview

Welcome questions only? The dubious art of the modern papal interview

rome – in 2010, nevada senatorial candidate sharron angle, a right-wing tea party stalwart, briefly became a national sensation due to some ...
John L Allen

Our man in the Vatican: an interview with the British Ambassador to The Holy See

chris trott, hm ambassador to the holy see, talks to amanda bowman about his work. ‘the mission of the ambassador to the holy see is defined...
Amanda Bowman

‘Mary will bring us together in love’

we can learn much from a true appreciation of the feminine. there can’t be many people who can claim to have shared a vol-au-vent with a sai...
Katherine Bennett

Just how valuable is sitting around tables?

is the synod on synodality any more than an empty talking shop, asks john l allen jr. if one were seeking a title with which pope francis’s ...
John Allen

Differences at Synod on Synodality are a 'source of richness', says Cardinal Nzapalainga

rome – participants in pope francis’s synod of bishops on synodality have reiterated insistence that there are no hostile divisions in the p...
Elise Allen

Gaza Christians are ready to get out, says Latin Patriarch

the catholic leader of the holy land has predicted that “humanly speaking,” it will be difficult for gaza’s tiny christian community to resi...
Crux Staff

Designed to avoid polemics, Pope’s media blackout on synod may exacerbate them

rome – perhaps one of the most exciting moments of the synod of bishops so far, not to mention one of the most illustrative, took place duri...
Elise Ann Allen

Belgian Catholic bishop advocates euthanasia for the elderly

a catholic bishop in belgium has declared his support for the euthanasia of elderly people. bishop johan bonny of antwerp made a distinction...
Simon Caldwell

Cardinals send 'dubia' to Pope Francis before Synod on Synodality

rome – five cardinals have submitted a new set of  dubia , or doubts, to pope francis regarding his synod of bishops on synodality whic...
The Catholic Herald

The Decomposition of Man: Identity, Technocracy, and the Church, by James Kalb

recovering our sanity. the decomposition of man: identity, technocracy, and the church james kalb angelico press, £17, 228 pages i am sittin...
Julian Kwasniewski