Life

German clerics attempt blessings of same-sex unions in defiance of Pope

scores of german clerics publicly presided at blessing ceremonies on monday, of "lovers" in "committed unions" -- including same-sex unions ...

(Im)mortals and Misfits

old letters with used stamps are displayed at the van dieten postzegelveilingen in capelle aan den ijssel, netherlands, on 27 september, 200...

DRC Bishop: Government's indifference to violence is a sign of weakness or complicity

a bishop in the democratic republic of congo is denouncing the failure of the government and a un peacekeeping mission to halt attacks by is...

Centesimus Annus After 30 Years

chinese workers walk down a dirt access road from one of beijing's major air polluters, the capital iron and steel factory, 16 february 2001...

The unseen hook

anyone reporting critically on the papacy, however objective their intent, risks being caught in the crossfire between the liberals and cons...

Look back in languor

malice in wonderland: my adventures in the world of cecil beaton hugo vickers hodder & stoughton, pp 352, £25.00 ________ in these times...

The Queen’s Christian example

the queen, in the loss of her husband, has the great consolation of every christian: the resurrection of the dead, part of the creed that sh...

The Catholic Herald

A non-conformist life

there are several ways in which “the lost tools of learning” – a paper she gave in 1947 – is typical of dorothy l sayers: there is the braci...

Melanie McDonagh

Prince Philip – Defender of the Faith

the funeral of hrh prince philip, late duke of edinburgh, was celebrated with superb dignity in the sunshine at st george’s chapel, windsor....

The Catholic Herald

Dorothy Sayers: an unlikely hero of US Catholic education

in the united states, there is a growing reform movement taking place in education, and it isn’t coming from our politicians or our universi...