Life

Prosperity gospel pastor of once lauded ‘SPAC Nation’ ordered to leave UK

pastor tobi adegboyega, the founder of the church group known as spac nation, is to be deported to nigeria after living in the uk illegally ...

Christians in Aleppo will be respected, Syria's Islamist rebels tell religious leaders

while many christians are fearful of the islamist groups involved in the regime change in syria, an argentinian-born priest who lives in ale...

EduardoCamposLima

Bishop Erik Varden: How my favourite book of the Bible – Ezekiel – prepares us for an encounter with the divine

in these times of consultations and questionnaires, we are constantly asked to reflect on our responses to things. our basic mode of underst...

Bishop Erik Varden

Keep it real: Why Eucharistic teaching needs to be much more straightforward

the first communion class met before mass on sunday. nine children, aged between seven and ten, came from families with roots in nigeria, ke...

Camilla Harrison

Religious beliefs of Premier League players clash with LGBT campaign

the uk's premier league football competition has become mired in controversy over the past week as a result of the rainbow laces campaign. r...

Trump’s Cabinet picks make it one of the most practicing Catholic yet

president-elect donald trump has chosen to appoint catholics to several key cabinet and senior advisory roles. it's led some to claim that a...

Déjà vu: Irish bishops fight rearguard action as Ireland follows assisted suicide trajectory in England, Wales

the republic of ireland just had an election; its legislature is already considering assisted suicide; the irish bishops are raising their v...

The Catholic Herald

Housemaster, monk and friend: Fr Edward Corbould OSB, 1932-2024

dom edward corbould died on 6 november at the age of 92. for three and a half decades of his long life he was housemaster of st edward’s hou...

The Catholic Herald

Assisted suicide vote: how did our society get to this point?

lord sumption, in a glancingly thoughtful article on the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill, told readers of  the times  tha...

Anthony McCarthy

'One of the greatest betrayals of the vulnerable in society in recent history": can the assisted suicide Bill be stopped?

on friday, 29 november 2024, mps in the united kingdom voted in favour of the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill. it is difficult to k...